Scholarly depth and breadth rarely meet on equal terms. In “The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age From Persia to China,” Christopher I. Beckwith marries the ...

About 3,000 years ago, the ancient Scythians were a force to be reckoned with. Beginning with their emergence from Iran around 900 B.C. until the peak of their power, during the 4th century B.C., the ...

From 47 fragments of 2,400-year-old leather and fur from Scythian tombs, researchers determined that at least two of the samples were human. Photograph courtesy Marina Daragan The scraps of ...

A 2017 study found that the Iron Age Scythian nomads managed to avoid inbreeding horses and selected for specific coat colors and robust forelimbs. In fact, the majestic animals often crop up in ...

On 27 May The Guardian reported that among the Scythian objects looted by Russian occupiers was the golden pectoral, “the star piece in the [museum’s] Scythian gold collection”. Fortunately ...

The site resembles the Scythian burials described by Herodotus, including the "phantom horsemen"—vertically installed figures of people and horses sacrificed at the top of the Scythian king's mound.

A ninth-century tomb in modern-day Siberia revealed the remains of 18 horses and ties to the Scythian culture. Experts have long struggled to solidify the origins of the Scythians, thanks to their ...

What it is: A gold plaque depicting a Scythian riding a horse Where it is from: The Black Sea region in what is now Turkey When it was made: Around 400 to 350 B.C. Related: Cave of Swimmers ...

Scythian could make a corpse rise up and get down. Long beloved in Bristol, Scythian makes its triumphant return to the Birthplace of Country Music on Friday, Jan. 20, at The Cameo Theater in ...