Tag: Ukraine
Europe’s ancient languages shed light on a great migration and weather talk
Painstaking archaeological exploration is a familiar, often widely admired, method of unearthing history. Less celebrated, but also invaluable, is the piecing together of fragments...
Old Norse settlers traded walrus ivory with Kyiv
Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007. Two earlier archaeological surveys had been carried out here,...
1,700-year-old Gothic burial unearthed in Ukraine’s Lviv region
Ukrainian archaeologists have discovered a burial with grave goods dating from the third century AD near the village of Kariv, Chervonohrad district, Lviv region,...
Dutch court rules Crimean treasures must go to Ukraine
Dutch appeals judges on Tuesday ruled that a priceless collection of Crimean gold "must be handed over to Ukraine," in a decision welcomed by...
5,500-year-old burial mound with stone circle unearthed in Ukraine
In east-central Ukraine excavations of a unique kurgan or burial mound have been underway for more than 1.5 months. The discovery was made during...
Ukraine’s burial mounds offer meaning in a heap of history
Belching diesel exhaust, a bulldozer cut into a 4,000-year-old burial mound, peeling back the soil to reveal the mysteries hidden inside, including a skeleton.The...