Homer’s Iliad & Ancient Ukraine: Achilles’ Burial of his friend Patroclus

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Patroclus Burial In Chapter 23 of the Iliad, Homer describes the epic scenes of Patroclus’ burial, which Achilles organized for his friend. The funeral ritual included...

Russian Betrayal of All Its Treaties in 1939: NYTimes archival article

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The Russian Betrayal 18 Sep, 1939 NY Times It is altogether probable that the Russian invasion of Poland, just at the moment when that country has been...

Scythian Pegasus: Chertomlyk Silver Vase

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Chertomlyk Amphora The vase was discovered during the initial excavations of the Chertomlyk Royal Scythian Kurgan in Ukraine in 1862. The video on this channel...

Scythian Language: Proto-Indo-European, NOT Iranian

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Scythian Theory Boxhorn In 1647, Leiden professor of eloquence Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn published a dissertation arguing for the Scythian origin of the Greek, Roman, and...

Scythian Supreme Goddess Tabiti: The only Indo-Aryan female Fire Deity

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Herodotus According to Greek historian Herodotus, the Scythian religion centered on seven divinities. He described them in the following way: The only gods the Scythians try...

Scythian Cavalry Heavy Armor: What museum recreation revealed

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Gladkivshchina Kurgan #2 In 1982, researchers explored a burial site unique in its composition and state of preservation near the village of Gladkovshchina in central...

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Russia’s totem animal should be Jackal Tabaqui, not Bear

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Invading Poland in 1939, Moscow used the same false excuse it...

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Battle of Pygmies and Cranes: Pre-Homeric route from Scythia to Africa

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Dostoyevsky: ‘Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar’

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Monuments to Igor Sikorsky in Kyiv opened by Mayor Vitaly Klitschko

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