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  1. Ancient DNA reveals Scythian elite families passed power across generations

    A new ancient DNA study suggests political power among Iron Age Scythian elites stayed within the same families for generations. The findings offer a new view of how social rank and leadership grew across the ancient Eurasian steppe...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/scy

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #archaeogenetics #ironage #scythian

  2. Ancient DNA reveals Scythian elite families passed power across generations

    A new ancient DNA study suggests political power among Iron Age Scythian elites stayed within the same families for generations. The findings offer a new view of how social rank and leadership grew across the ancient Eurasian steppe...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/scy

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #archaeogenetics #ironage #scythian

  3. Analysis of mineralized #dental plaque from the Iron Age provides the first direct biomolecular evidence that #Scythian populations consumed milk from various ruminants and horses.
    #Anthropology #Archeology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/01/anth0121260

  4. Analysis of mineralized #dental plaque from the Iron Age provides the first direct biomolecular evidence that #Scythian populations consumed milk from various ruminants and horses.
    #Anthropology #Archeology #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/01/anth0121260

  5. 3rd century grey schist of #Maitreya (Bodhisattva), from the ancient region of #Gandhara of #Pakistan #Afghanistan which combines #Greek, #Roman, #Scythian & #Iranian with #Indian artistic modes on upcoming Sothebys sale of March 20, estimate £180,000-300,000

    #TheGoldenRoad

    Bodhisattva is the future & final #Buddha who is worshipped in many Asian #Buddhist cultures as a spiritual being on the path to enlightenment

    #Histodons #Art #IndianHeritage #History #MastoArt #IndianHistory #History

  6. The horse in the grave, or: Where did (later) #Scythian #burial tradition (most prominently described by #Herodotus) originate? 🐴🏺

    Huge congrats on some really exciting research! 👏

    livescience.com/archaeology/28 via @LiveScience

  7. The horse in the grave, or: Where did (later) #Scythian #burial tradition (most prominently described by #Herodotus) originate? 🐴🏺

    Huge congrats on some really exciting research! 👏

    livescience.com/archaeology/28 via @LiveScience

  8. Just Like These Treasures, #Crimea Will Also Return Home – Olena Zelenska at the Opening of the #Scythian #Gold #Exhibition

    In #Kyiv, First Lady Olena #Zelenska opened the exhibition "Treasures of Crimea. Return". For its exhibits – Scythian gold, #Ukraine has been fighting with russia for almost 10 years.

    president.gov.ua/en/news/tak-s

  9. Just Like These Treasures, #Crimea Will Also Return Home – Olena Zelenska at the Opening of the #Scythian #Gold #Exhibition

    In #Kyiv, First Lady Olena #Zelenska opened the exhibition "Treasures of Crimea. Return". For its exhibits – Scythian gold, #Ukraine has been fighting with russia for almost 10 years.

    president.gov.ua/en/news/tak-s

  10. Fun fact for my #archaeology peeps:

    In last year's census, 2439 people in Hungary declared they were Scythians, and they speak Scythian at home.

    🤷‍♀️ 😄 🏹

    #history #histodons #Scythian

  11. Fun fact for my #archaeology peeps:

    In last year's census, 2439 people in Hungary declared they were Scythians, and they speak Scythian at home.

    🤷‍♀️ 😄 🏹

    #history #histodons #Scythian

  12. Original study:

    L. Ørsted Brandt et al., #Human and animal #skin identified by palaeoproteomics in #Scythian #leather objects from Ukraine, PLoS ONE 18(12), 2023. 🔓

    journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

  13. Original study:

    L. Ørsted Brandt et al., #Human and animal #skin identified by palaeoproteomics in #Scythian #leather objects from Ukraine, PLoS ONE 18(12), 2023. 🔓

    journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

  14. #Spanish police announced the recovery of ancient #Scythian gold jewelry stolen from #Ukraine in 2016 and the arrest of five suspects, apparently including one Orthodox Church priest.

    The haul included elaborate necklaces, bracelets and earrings, which police said dated from between the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, and were produced by the Scythians, a nomadic people who dominated parts of eastern Europe and Asia,

    Read more here🔗 kyivpost.com/post/23138

    #SlavaUkraine
    #StandWithUkraine

  15. #Spanish police announced the recovery of ancient #Scythian gold jewelry stolen from #Ukraine in 2016 and the arrest of five suspects, apparently including one Orthodox Church priest.

    The haul included elaborate necklaces, bracelets and earrings, which police said dated from between the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, and were produced by the Scythians, a nomadic people who dominated parts of eastern Europe and Asia,

    Read more here🔗 kyivpost.com/post/23138

    #SlavaUkraine
    #StandWithUkraine

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