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Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...

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

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...

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...

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

Ya'qubi (died 897/8), also referred to as al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab Muslim Geographer born in Baghdad. Introduction to a recent publication of his work states...

For the first time Ukraine was mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle. Not Little Rus’ or something else, but Ukraine.  Nobody heard about Moscow and Russia at that...

Ukrainians have been referring to Moscow as Mordor since the beginning of the current war in 2014. And one of the most popular names...

In an attempt to rewrite and appropriate the history of Kyiv Rus, the Muscovites have insistently portrayed Kyiv rulers as bearded men. Take a...

According to Wikipedia, his boxing career recorded 64 wins in 69 fights, of which 53 were by knockout. Throughout his two decades in...

"The battle of Prokhorovka was steeped in Soviet legend (and myth) for many decades. This remained the case until post-Soviet era research revealed the...

Another conspiracy theory derives from the state the USSR was in at the time of the Chornobyl Disaster. The war in Afghanistan had been...

March 8, 2025. For about half the people alive today, the story of where they came from just became clearer.  For centuries, historians and linguists...

His last name in Ukraine is pronounced as Savchouk (second vowel as in "hook" - ). His true first name was Taras. To the hockey world...

Byzantine court historian and chronicler Leo the Deacon (born c. 950) who is particularly known for his eyewitness description of Sviatoslav I of Kyiv during the latter's invasion...

"Along the 190-mile Line of Contact, the Russian-backed forces  have more than 470 tanks and hundreds of artillery pieces and rocket launchers. All are under...

The animation, set with local music, guides the user through the various proposed facilities including the integration of payload on the Ukrainian Cyclone...