The Scythians lived throughout Eurasia from 700 to 200 BC, and were long considered highly mobile warriors who roamed the steppe grasslands. Herodotus describes the Scythian populations as chariot-dwellers who engaged in raiding and warfare, and this view has persisted throughout history, supported
Sunken about 1,200 years ago, the cities of Heracleion and Canopus, in Egypt, were forgotten for centuries. Spotted in the 2000s by archaeologists, they continue to reveal fascinating remains. In recent weeks, a temple dating back to the Ptolemaic era (4th-3rd BC) has been revealed. Discovery of
About 3,000 years ago, those who inhabited the Andean area to the northwest of what is now Argentina created a unique object. An 18 by 15 centimeter copper metal plate that was given the appearance of an anthropomorphic mask of a human face, with eyes, nose and mouth in the form of holes. It was di
A cannabis route preceded the silk route. According to German archaeologists, a people of horsemen from the steppes would have widely distributed hemp – and perhaps its psychoactive use – from 5000 years BC. J.-C. The cannabis trade boomed in the Bronze Age. INDO-EUROPEANS. The Yamna, horsemen fro