Scythian Poison Scythicon: Deadly arrows

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Scythian Poison Arrows The Scythians were famous for their deadly composite bows. They smeared their arrowheads with poison to make each of their successful shots...

Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks

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Man’s Great Benefactor “Throughout the ages, Cannabis has been extolled as one of man’s greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Cannabis...

Khokhols: Ilya Repin’s Ukrainian Cossacks

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Repin & Cossacks’ Reply World-famous painter Ilya Repin devoted 10 years to creating his painting The Reply of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan....

Khokhol Hairstyle: Millennium-Old Mark of Nobility of Kyiv Rus Rulers

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Leo the Deacon Byzantine court historian Leo the Deacon met Kyiv ruler Sviatoslav the Brave in person in 971 AD. Leo’s description of the famous...

Older than Stonehenge and Pyramids: Megalithic Cromlech Kurgan in Ukraine

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Excavations In early 2021, archaeologists began excavating a huge mound south of Dnipro in central Ukraine; it was 7.5 meters high and 50 meters in...

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...

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Scythians and Cannabis: making clothes, steam-bathing, getting high

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Grandiose Royal Scythian Funeral Feast Uncovered in Ukraine

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https://youtu.be/37oOKaBMQyM Joint Ukrainian-American Scythian Kurgan Project The initial excavations of the Alexandropol kurgan in 1852–1856 left many questions unanswered, such as its date, design, inner structure,...

The panic Ukrainian Zaporizhian Cossacks’ Black Sea naval raids caused in...

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Comte de Césy (full name Philippe de Harlay, comte de Césy) was the French Ambassador to Istanbul (then Constantinople) during the early 17th century. According...

Ukrainian-American Sgt. Michael Strank was 1 of 6 Marines who raised...

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" Michael Strank (November 10, 1919 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of...

Scythian Sacred Land of Gerroi and of Royal Barrows was the...

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'The Father of History" Herodotus described the location of the royal Scythian necropolis in Book 4.71: "The kings of Scythia are buried in the...

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William of Rubruck was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. In 1248, he accompanied King Louis IX of France on the Seventh Crusade. On...