When Greeks met Scythians. By David Pagel . June 18, 2007 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. Email; ... techniques and images that makes today’s multicultural hybrids look tame.

In the great British Museum shows dedicated to ancient civilisations and cultures, we expect what that explorer of Tutankhamun’s tomb, Howard Carter, described as “wonderful things”. In this ...

These few flaws aside though, this is a fascinating look at a culture that remains unknown to most. The BP Exhibition - Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia is at the British Museum from 14 ...

The 2,000-year-old face of a mummified Scythian warrior is being displayed for the first time at the British Museum. The face, concealed by a clay mask, was the subject of a range of scans made in ...

The British Museum blog has published an explainer on the Scythians comparing them directly with the Dothraki, the fictional riders of the Game of Thrones novels and big-budget television series.

What made Scythians so formidable wasn’t simply the fact that they were great fighters, but that they were great fighters on horseback. If this sounds at all familiar to Game of Thrones fans, it’s ...

The Scythians were an important ancient society of warriors and pastoralists who dominated the steppe land north of the Black Sea between 800 B.C. and A.D. 300.

The Scythians—nomadic horse-warriors whose culture emerged and flourished between the 9th century BCE and the 3rd century CE—were, for Herodotus, a riddle wrapped in ritual, ...

The Scythians, pastoral nomads who roamed the Central Eurasian steppe zone from around the eighth century B.C., are traditionally dismissed as uncouth predators whose legacy was negative ...

Gold Artifacts Tell Tale of Drug-Fueled Rituals and "Bastard Wars" Vessels discovered in a Scythian grave mound contained traces of opium and marijuana, confirming the claim of an ancient historian.