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An amphora found in the western temenos at Olbia where was located the temple of Apollo Iētros (lit. ' Apollo the Healer ') recorded the dedication of "paternal honey" to this god by a Scythian named Anaperrēs, who may have been the son of the famous Scythian prince Anacharsis. [139] [140]
The Scythians were already acquainted with quality goldsmithing and sophisticated bronze-casting at this time, as attested by gold pieces found in the 8th century BC Aržan-1 kurgan. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] Arrowheads from the 1st kurgan of the Aržan burials also suggest that the typical "Scythian-type" socketed arrows made of copper alloy might have ...
The Scythian genealogical myth was an epic cycle of the Scythian religion detailing the origin of the Scythians.This myth held an important position in the worldview of Scythian society, and was popular among both the Scythians of the northern Pontic region and the Greeks who had colonised the northern shores of the Pontus Euxinus.
The territory of the Scythian kingdom of the Pontic steppe extended from the Don river in the east to the Danube river in the west, and covered the territory of the treeless steppe immediately north of the Black Sea's coastline, which was inhabited by nomadic pastoralists, as well as the fertile black-earth forest-steppe area to the north of the treeless steppe, which was inhabited by an ...
Scythes (Ancient Greek: Σκύθης, Skýthi̱s) was tyrant or ruler of Zancle, Magna Graecia, in Sicily. [1] He was appointed to that post in about 494 BC by Hippocrates of Gela.
The Bible was found next to the home of Marine veteran Scotty Swann and his family in the town of Old Fort. When Helene swept through the area and caused historic flooding, Swann became trapped on ...
The Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet in Sheffield, England, is a museum of a scythe-making works that was in operation from the end of the 18th century until the 1930s. [11] This was part of the former scythe-making district of north Derbyshire, which extended into Eckington. [12] Other English scythe-making districts include that around ...
Donald Trump is condemning the alleged actions of Luigi Mangione and the people who defend him.. In a Dec. 17 news conference, the president-elect, 78, denounced the man accused of killing ...