The ancient Greek historian Herodotus described how the Scythians used the slain corpses of those they had defeated in ...

In the 5th century BCE, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus (ca. 484 – 420 BCE) described the nomadic Scythian peoples living in the Eurasian steppes. Like a lot of written history, things can be ...

Scythian archers made people quiver. Literally.Occupying the Pontic-Caspian steppe between roughly 700 and 300 BCE, the Scythians were a mysterious itinerant people who were renowned for their ...

Leather samples, including human skin, from Scythian sites in Ukraine. Image: M. Daragan Scythians in modern-day Ukraine made leather out of human skin, a team of researchers has determined ...

Scythian Warrior's Genome Analyzed News June 16, 2020 (Drawings by M.E. Kilunovskaya, 1988/Photo by Vl.A. Semenov, 1988) ...

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First, they found the ancient remains of 18 horses. Then, there were the human remains. Add in plenty of tack used for riding horses, and the picture came into focus—a Scythian-style funerary ...

In “The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age From Persia to China,” Christopher I. Beckwith marries the two to memorable effect.