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Some thoughts about why Scythian archers were employed as police force in the Athenian polis of Classical times.
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      Ancient Greek HistoryAristophanic comedyScythians
Аннотация. Статья посвящена проблеме внутренних скифских конфликтов. Рассматривается археологический материал, включающий перечень скифских северочерноморских погребений с фиксируемыми «военными» травмами и ранениями погребенных, случаи... more
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      Ethnic Conflict and Civil WarScythian archaeologyScythiansAncient Weapons and Warfare
РУЧКА АНТИЧНОГО ЗЕРКАЛА БОРИСФЕНИТСКОГО ТИПА . Цель настоящего сообщения - введение в научный оборот редкого предмета эпохи архаики, найденного в Белгородской области. Публикуемая находка ручки бронзового зеркала может существенно... more
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      ScythiansBronze MirrorsHandleBorisfen
Скифский звериный стиль повсеместно распространен на обширной территории Евразии. Являясь одним из основных элементов скифской триады, он неустанно привлекает внимание исследователей. В работе рассматриваются предметы снаряжения коня... more
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      Early Iron AgeScythiansAncient Horse HarnessingBridles
Egy sajátságos fokos Nagyhalászról. / Scythian Age hatchet - sagaris - from Nagyhalász (Hungary) AD HOC 2018 Rövid ismertetés a nagyhalászi griff6sasfejben végződő karú vas díszfokosról. / The short introduction of the Scythian Age... more
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      Eurasian NomadsScythian archaeologyAncient WarfareIron Age
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      GothsScythiansGold MedallionRoman and Byzantine Iconography
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      Greek ReligionJudaismBlack Sea StudiesAphrodite
Рахно К.Ю. Відгомін скіфського землеробського свята в легендах Нижньої Наддніпрянщини // Вісник Запорізького національного університету. Філологічні науки. – Запоріжжя, 2019. – № 2. – С. 123-127.
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      Mythology And FolkloreFolkloreFolk legendsCossacks
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      Roman HistoryRoman EmpireScythiansRoman Crisis of the Third Century
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      ScythiansEarly Iron Age, Late Iron Age, Roman period, Late Antiquity, typology, chronology, distribution, function, fibulae, weapons, tools, harness, metal vessels, writing equipment, balances and weights, small finds
80th anniversary of Mark B. Shchukin, member of Stratum plus editorial board / 80 лет со дня рождения члена редколлегии журнала «Stratum plus» Марка Борисовича Щукина Content AD MEMORIAM O. V. Sharov (Saint Petersburg, Russian... more
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      HistoryArchaeologyRoman HistoryData Mining
У статті вводяться до наукового обігу археологічні матеріали, виявлені в 2018 р. на території с. Студенець Канівського р-ну Черкаської обл. При прокопуванні траншеї водогону по вулиці Бучацькій випадково натрапили на археологічний об’єкт... more
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      ArchaeologyPrehistory of Ukraine (Prehistoric Archaeology)Scythian archaeologyEarly Iron Age
In order to enter into a trance, shamans use different means. One of them is intoxication and hallucination with the help of drugs and toxins. The use of drugs in religious rituals was known in Scythian culture as it was described in the... more
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      Archaeology of ReligionArchaeology of shamanismScythiansCimmerians, Herodotus, Scythians, Pontic area, Black Sea area, Caucaaus, Near East, Anatolia, nomads, steppe peoples
The life came to Earth from the Universe: a part is alive thanks to the Whole, this world is alive thanks to Everything. The first tribe of our Earth were the Scythians, people from the Moon; their lunar language is the root of all... more
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      PhilosophyMetaphysicsLanguages and LinguisticsCosmology (Anthropology)
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      Eurasian NomadsNomadismAchaemenid HistoryAchaemenian Empire
This book uncovers the usage of psychoactive cannabis in ancient Greece and Rome in their medicine, religion, and recreation. It surveys the archaeological and textual evidence of cannabis in ancient Europe and nearby cultures.... more
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      PharmacologyBotanyDrugs and drug cultureGalen
""En Filipo II y el Arte de la Guerra tendremos la oportunidad de conocer en profundidad a uno de los más grandes reyes de la antigua Macedonia. Gracias a su habilidad como estratega, diplomático, político y soldado, heredó un reino... more
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      ReligionHistoryAncient HistoryMilitary History
Based on existing classifications of the horse-bits and cheek-pieces of the North Caucasus and Eastern Europe, the paper outlines a classification of bronze cheek-pieces made of a twisted core and non-bonding three-hole cheek-pieces from... more
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      Eurasian NomadsHorse cultureArchaeology of CaucasusScythian archaeology
This article relates Colossian vocabulary, motifs and theological themes to the cultural situation of the cult of the emperor. The author's language and conceptualization of reconciliation as a cosmic and earthly peace (Col.
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      Visual StudiesVisual AnthropologyNew TestamentVisual Culture
This is the powerpoint of a presentation given at the British Museum conference, 'Scythians and other Eurasian nomads', 29 October 2017. Comments on the content would be welcomed and acknowledged in advance of publication.
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      Ancient Near EastScythians
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      Bow and Arrow TechnologyScythiansArrowheads
An abbreviated translation of a lecture given in English at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal on 29 June 2016.
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      HistoryCultural HistoryArt HistoryArmenian Studies
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      ArchaeologyEurasian NomadsNomadic ArtCentral Eurasian Studies
Вміщено публікації за результатами наукових досліджень, здійснених на території Більського археологічного комплексу та в його окрузі в 2018 році. Для археологів, істориків, краєзнавців, фахівців пам’яткоохоронної справи, працівників... more
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      ArchaeologyScythian archaeologyEarly Iron AgeScythians
"Die Publikation zu den Drei-Brüder-Kurganen untersucht drei Grabhügel, die in spätklassischfrühhellenistischer Zeit auf der Krim, ganz im Osten der Kertscher Halbinsel, errichtet wurden und deren Fundgebiet in der Antike zum Territorium... more
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      Funerary ArchaeologyBlack Sea Region ArchaeologyBosporan KingdomBlack Sea ancient history and archaeology
An attempt to analyse Scythian "animal style" (within the context of other related archaic animal styles) as a code system based on the hierarchies of male (warrior) statuses and respective behaviour modes.
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      Indo-European StudiesIconologyToreuticsScythians
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      Greek and Latin EpigramAncient Greek PhilosophyDiogenes LaertiusCynicism (Ancient Greek Philosophy)
On having referred to the ancient arts of the divination, the prediction or the knowledge of the fortune we remember the famous oracle of Delphi or the well-known sibylline books. Nevertheless in that epoch numerous cultures were provided... more
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      ReligionHistoryCultural HistoryCultural Studies
Този доклад е продължение (втора част) на лекцията озаглавена “Причерноморието – люлка на европейската цивилизация и Тракия като арийска сърцевина”, изнесена пред Международната научна конференция “Древна Тракия – сакрално и профанно.... more
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      MigrationMigration StudiesHistory of Central and Southeastern EuropeIndo-Aryan Linguistics
Desde Escitia a la Península Ibérica, de la Edad de Bronce -si no antes- a los primeros siglos de nuestra Era, diversos seres antropomorfos, humanos o mitológicos, han sido representados luchando contra el grifo -id est, la grifomaquia- a... more
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      Mythology And FolkloreArchaeologyPaleontologyFolklore
The article discusses how eastern chronological benchmarks can contribute to the absolute chronology of archaic Scythia. Given the dates of the fall of Urartu (ca. 640 BC) and the Rysaikino inscription (the late 8th century BC), the early... more
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      AramaicAssyrian EmpireNorth-West Semitic EpigraphyUrartu
В монографии публикуются материалы могильника второй половины VI-IV вв. до н.э. Рогозиха-1, исследованного в 1985 г. на левобережье Оби в Алтайском крае. Раскопки многочисленных курганов VIII—III вв. до н.э. в Южной Сибири позволили на... more
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Kniha byla vydána v roce 1989 v Simferopolu / Книга была издана в 1989 году в Симферополе / The book was published in 1989 in Simferopol.
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      ArchaeologyClassical ArchaeologyScythian archaeologyArcheologia
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      Ancient HistoryAnthropology of DressHistory of DressDress and the Body
The iconography of the Horus cippus, an amulet popular in Egypt from the late Third Intermediate Period to Roman times (8th century BCE - 2nd century CE), is unexpectedly recapitulated in bronze “goddess plaques” of the 7-8th centuries CE... more
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      Master of AnimalsScythiansMesopotamian art and visual cultureMesopotamian Iconography
Herodots skythische Etymologien der Völkernamen ’Αριμασποί und Οἰόρπατα sind hinfällig (‚einäugig‘ = ἄριμα ‚eins‘ + σποῦ ‚Auge‘ bzw. ‚männertötend‘ = οἰόρ ‚Mann‘ + πατά ‚töten‘). Es werden im Aufsatz dafür neue skythische Erklärungen... more
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      HerodotusAncient Greek LanguageScythiansAncient Iranian Culture and Languages
In this study, two of the most important Sabine deities, Sabus and Vacuna, are considered. Their names are analysed and derived from eponyms which are characteristic of Proto-Scythian global culture. Moreover, the ethnogesesis of the... more
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      ScythiansEtruscansSiculiSicani
Kniha byla vydána v Kijevě roku 1968 / The book was published in Kiev in 1968 / Книга була видана в Києві в 1968 році.
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      ArchaeologyArms and Armor StudiesScythian archaeologyArcheologia
Neste Livro IV-Melpômene, Heródoto narra a expansão do Império Persa na Ásia, registra detalhes sobre os preparativos da expedição militar de Dario, e trata dos episódios que marcaram as campanhas militares de Dario contra a Cítia e... more
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      Ancient HistoryAncient Greek HistoryAncient Greek HistoriographyHerodotus
This article will focus on certain parallels between the descriptions of Scythians and Spartans in Herodotos. Even though there are fundamental differences between the two ethnic groups’ ways of life (nomadism vs. sedentarianism), and... more
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      SpartaHerodotusScythians
The functioning of the Scythian enclave on Polish lands can be seen as a cultural phenomenon. The site should be treated as an integral part of the military system of forest-steppe Scythia. This is evidenced by a number of formal features... more
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      Scythian archaeologyMilitaryEarly Iron AgeScythians
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      Black Sea regionHerodotusScythians
This book is the extended and English version of one of my published books, Kültür Tarihi Açısından İskit-Türk Aynılığı (Selenge, Istanbul 2017, Turkish). My goal is to reach to people in the world who are interested in Scythian culture... more
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      Cultural HistoryCultural StudiesCultural HeritageCulture
Вміщено наукові публікації за результатами археологічних досліджень, здійснених на Більському городищі та в його окрузі в 2016 році. Для археологів, істориків, краєзнавців, фахівців пам’яткоохоронної справи, працівників музеїв, широкого... more
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      ArchaeologyEarly Medieval ArchaeologyMedieval ArchaeologyScythian archaeology
The present article attempts to transcode the “animal” status of those buried in the first monumental burial ground of the Scythians in the Lower Dnieper region — the famous Solokha barrow. Solokha’s materials are seen as an optimal case... more
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      Anthropology of DeathHerodotusScythiansSocial hierarchy
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      Horse cultureReconciliationScythian archaeologyPazyryk Culture
The paper presents the results of a typo-chronological analysis of arrowheads from the ash-hill found in the hillfort of the Scythian cultural circle in Chotyniec, site 1, Jarosław province. During the 2016-2018 excavation campaigns, 38... more
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      Scythian archaeologyScythiansScythian and other Eurasian Nomadic Horse Warrior Cultures
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      Physical AnthropologyBronze Age (Archaeology)Archaeology of Central AsiaScythians
The Ossetian Nartiada contains a unique feature: the main heroes use an argot warrior language to communicate during battles and conflicts in order to keep the meaning of their dialogues in secret. In that way they obtain a strategic... more
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      Tactics (Military Science)ScythiansScythian and other Eurasian Nomadic Horse Warrior CulturesStrategy and War
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      Historical LinguisticsIndo-european language reconstructionAncient Indo-European LanguagesIranian Studies