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Elk in Scythian Art of Borysthenites/Dnieper River Farmers: Proto-Slavs’ Totem Animal?
“Given the lack of folklore materials that could retrospectively illuminate the Slavic-Scythian relations of the 7th – 3rd centuries BC, one should turn to...
Amazons, Greeks, Scythians, Saurometae: Herodotus’ alleged visit to Amazons’ capital of...
“On his return journey , besides Colchis, we can note another region whose narrative conveys a "presence effect." Herodotus several times mentions the city...
Herodotus Measures Black Sea Coast
“Having obtained indisputable data on Herodotus's sea voyage around the Crimean Peninsula, confirming the high accuracy of his measurements, we must return to those...
Herodotus Measures Taurica/Crimea: Comparison with Italian Iapygia
“We have more compelling evidence of Herodotus's advance east of Pontic Olbia. Herodotus begins his account of Scythia's geography from the northwestern coast of...
‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia in the 5th century...
"Scythia is a quadrangle, two sides of which reach the sea, and the line running inland is the same length as the one that...
Why Scythians chased a hare before the battle with Darius the...
Renown Scythologyst Dr. Dmitry Raevsky (1941-2004) observed: “There is a curious motif on the gold appliques from Kul-Oba and on the silver appliques from the...
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Scythian ceremonial gilded silver cup from Gaimanova Mogila Royal Kurgan in...
"The most outstanding work of Scytho-Classical art found in the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan is a small spherical gilded silver cup, with two flat horizontal...
Morowlin, not Muromets, was the true name of the famous bogatyr...
In May of 1594, Erich Lassota von Steblau, a special envoy of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II to the Zaporozhian Cossacks arrived in Kyiv. The Holy...
Patroclus’ Funeral Rites in The Iliad: Similarities with Funeral Rites of...
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is considered one of the most prominent English poets. Pope was fascinated by Homer since childhood and by 1720, he completed...
Stop Overlooking Kyiv, Eastern Europe’s Diamond In The Rough, – Forbes
"...there are some seriously cool things happening in the city. Things that is setting Kyiv up to have a moment (if it isn’t...
Athenian-type helmet from Scythian barrow in Ukraine
In 1845, near the village of Zvenyhorodka in the Cherkasy oblast of Ukraine, a notable barrow was opened. The barrow was different from the...
AN-124 helps out Boeing in extreeme freezing conditions in Canada
Ukrainian plane delivered a Boeing 777 engine from Zurich to Canadian Iqaluit where the Boeing was stuck with 233 passengers travelling to Los Angeles. With the temperature being -30C, many specialists say...
The Rus raided the Caspian Sea on five hundred 100-men boats...
al-Masudi (c. 896–956), was a historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'. A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic...
Bees’ survival is crucial for humankind. This single invention by Ukrainian...
"We all depend on the survival of bees,” – states the United Nations explaining the reason for designating May 20 as World’s Bee Day....
Ukrainian who opened Space to Humankind: Sergei Korolev was born Jan....
The man who would open space to Humankind, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, was born on 12 January 1907 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. His mother Maria...
Ukrainian Donbas is frontline ‘battle lab’ where Russia prepares for war...
"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...
Syria of Classical Antiquity’s interaction with Scythia-Ukraine in the 6th Century...
"Meanwhile, the Scythians as allies of the Assyrians tried to raise the siege of Nineveh which was being prosecuted by the Medes; hence a...