Anacharsis: Scythian Frugality and Wisdom

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Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...

Scythian Achilles? Achilleid of Statius and Famous Gorytos from Ukraine

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https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

Richest Scythian Female Burial in Ukraine: Priestess-Queen in Griffins Headdress with...

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https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

Ballet Puff Tutu was invented by Ukrainian Oscar-Winning costumier Barbara Karinska

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“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

The Rus are Slavs, wrote Ibn Khordadbeh before 860 AD. What...

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“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

55th Anniversary of the Scythian Gold Pectoral discovery! [June 21, 1971]

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https://youtu.be/A7szL7wiBuY Discovery On June 21, 1971, while working inside the Scythian Kurgan, the head of the expedition, Borys Mozolevsky, began clearing the dromos, where a large...

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Heart-shaped ornamentations on Kyiv Rus textiles 1000 years ago. ‘Sacral Ivy’?

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What could that ornamentation be? The author of this article thinks that it is a representaion of an ivy leaf. We see this plant...

Scythian Sword in Golden Sheath from large multicomplex burial mound Mamai-Hora...

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Mamai-Hora or Mount Mamai is the largest multicomplex burial mound of national importance in the Northern Black Sea region. It is located on the left...

Ukrainian Language is Ancient, Chess-Elegant, LEGO-Logical, – an American Linguistic Professor

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American professor John McWhorter, who teaches linguistics at Columbia University, published a study that caused a sensation in the scientific world. Having studied over 200...

Ukrainian Zaporizhian Cossacks vs. Ottoman Imperial Fleet: Major naval battle at...

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Feb. 19, 2025, NBC News: "President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's invasion of the country three years ago, arguing...

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In May of 1594, Erich Lassota von Steblau, a special envoy of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II to the Zaporozhian Cossacks arrived in Kyiv....

Scythian King Ateas defeated Philip II of Macedon, the father of...

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Ateas (ca. 429 BC – 339 BC) was described in Greek and Roman sources as the most powerful king of Scythia. His name also occurs as Atheas, Ateia, Ataias,...

Ukrainian Village after WW2: John Steinbeck description of 1947

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" Shevchenko has never been one of the best farms because its land is not of the first quality, but before the war it...

The Sea Peoples: Birds Followers?

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In that short passage in the Iliad about the cranes flying from winter plains to the pigmies in the south there is so much...

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The Solokha barrow, on the left bank of the Dnieper River, not far from the city of Nikopol in central Ukraine, was excavated in...

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Ukrainians have put Javelin rocket case to good use. "Shower fire on Russians. Shower water on us."

Scythian Amazons’ Skincare

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