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Rare 2,500-Year-Old Bone Scythian Sceptre Discovered In Bulgaria

Rare 2,500-Year-Old Scythian Bone Sceptre Discovered In Bulgaria

AncientPages.com | October 3, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A rare 2,500-year-old Scythian bone sceptre has been found in a grave by archaeologists excavating in the prehistoric salt mining and urban center

Archaeology

2,000-Year-Old Tumulus Of Unknown Culture Discovered In Siberia – Who Were These People?

AncientPages.com | January 4, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered a curious 2,000-year-old tumulus in Siberia. The find was made when the land was prepared for a new cemetery called

Archaeology

Unique Plate Of Winged Scythian Gods And Walking Griffons Discovered In Middle Don

AncientPages.com | November 19, 2021

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Expedition members of IA RAS have found a unique plate depicting winged Scythian gods surrounded by griffons during their excavations of the burial

Archaeology

Guardians Of The Mounds – Battle To Save Scythian Burial Mounds From Destruction Continues

AncientPages.com | May 11, 2021

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - To some, the ancient burial mounds are standing on a piece of land that can be used for building new homes and factories.

Archaeology

Will Ancient DNA Unravel History Of The Scythians From Central Asian Steppe?

AncientPages.com | March 29, 2021

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Scythians were a multitude of horse-warrior nomad cultures dwelling in the Eurasian steppe during the first millennium BCE. Because of the lack

Archaeology

Scythians Were Not Always Nomadic Warriors Of The Pontic Steppe In Black Sea Region

AncientPages.com | March 19, 2021

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Scythians have long been presented as highly mobile nomadic warriors. They lived across the Pontic steppe around 700-200 BC and posed a

Archaeology

Eurasian Horse Riders Played Ball Games 3,000 Years Ago – Leather Balls Found In Graves Reveal

AncientPages.com | October 12, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ball games are one of the most popular leisure activities in the world. Not only are ball games an important form of mass

Archaeology

Grave Of Scythian Amazon Warrior Wearing A Golden Ceremonial Headdress Discovered In Voronezh, Russia

AncientPages.com | December 8, 2019

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have once again discovered evidence supporting the existence of Amazon warriors who have previously been considered merely mythological characters. Russian archaeologists currently

Archaeology

Grave Of Amazon Warrior Who Lived In The Kingdom Of Urartu Discovered In Armenia

AncientPages.com | November 28, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The lost Kingdom of Urartu is as mysterious and interesting as the Amazon warriors. Archaeological discoveries are slowly revealing the truth about the

Scythians. Image credit: AncientPages.com

Archaeology

New Light On Appearance Of Scythians In Northern Black Sea Region

AncientPages.com | March 11, 2017

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A subject that has long been debated is the appearance and disappearance of the mysterious Scythian tribes living in the southern steppes of

Artist's impression of how a Scythian funeral process may have looked like. A typical Scythian burial mound (or kurgan) is visible in the background. credits: ancient.eu.

Archaeology

‘Cradle Of The Scythians’ Studied By Russian-Polish Archaeologists

AncientPages.com | December 20, 2015

AncientPages.com - An ancient necropolis believed to be the 'cradle of the Scythians' located in the vicinity of Mangerok in the North Altai in Russia has been studied by Russian-Polish team