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Scythian female warriors in the south of Eastern Europe [PDF]
The article is devoted to the funerary complexes of Scythian female warriors in the territory of the European Scythia. Types and sizes of graves, as well as the nature of the funeral rite of Amazons correspond to Scythian canons and de facto do not ...
Fialko, Elena
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We introduce Sixty-Six Specimens of Mirrors and Their Fragments from the Mass — the Third Series of Borysthenes Type Mirrors into Scientific Circulation.
Zuev V.Yu.
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Writing space, living space: time, agency and place relations in Herodotus’s Histories [PDF]
This chapter examines lived space in Herodotus’s Histories’ and explores how the picture that emerges differs from abstract depictions of space. Such overly schematic representations we see articulated by the Persians at the very beginning of the ...
Barker, Elton +3 more
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Cultural contacts and ethnic origins in Viking Age Wales and northern Britain: the case of Albanus, Britain's first inhabitant and Scottish ancestor [PDF]
Albanus, an eponymous ancestor for the kingdom of Alba, provides an example of the extent to which the creation of an ethnic identity was accompanied by new ideas about origins, which replaced previous accounts.
Evans, Nicholas J.
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Ceramica de masă de la Ibida–Baza 3 [PDF]
In 2003-2004, at Slava Rusă, a small-scale archaeological excavation took place, near one of the archaeological bases. The excavation brought to light a level dated in the first half of the sixth century, marked by a building and a street.
Marian MOCANU
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To the Discussion About the Cause of the Scythia Fall
For many years causes of the fall of Scythia have been a subject to a great deal of scientific scrutiny. The topic is still debatable. The author has recently published several papers, which justify Sarmatians’ involvement in the fall of Scythia in the ...
Anatoliy S. Skripkin
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The Pectoral of Tovsta Mohyla: Understanding the Gold Insignia of Ancient Scythia
The gold pectoral from Tovsta Mohyla is a masterpiece of Greco-Scythian metalwork, the most prominent and esteemed of all the finds uncovered in 260 years of excavating the Scythian kurgans.
Leonid Babenko
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Extracting, investigating and representing geographical concepts in Herodotus: the case of the Black Sea [PDF]
In a short break from his preparations for the invasion of Scythia, Darius stops off where the Bosporus was bridged and sails to the Dark Rocks, apparently retracing the steps of the Argonauts.1 ‘There’, Herodotus reports, ‘he sat on the headland and ...
Barker, Elton +3 more
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Riding the monsoon: Geography and Iron Age trade in the Indian Ocean
Abstract This paper exploits ancient textual sources to develop a database of ancient trade in the Indian Ocean and model trade in the region during the Iron Age. Wind‐speed data are used to construct a gravity model of trade and are combined with detailed textual data from the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea to analyse historical development trends in ...
Conrad Copeland
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This study examines the incorporation of Christian symbolism into architectural materials, particularly tegulae (roof tiles and bricks), in the Roman province of Scythia during the period of Late Antiquity (5th-6th centuries CE).
Radu Petcu
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