Dr. Owen Rees

But also we have evidence from sort of Mesopotamia and sort of the Persian Empire as well. So, you know, the various large inscriptions from like Darius the Great and Cyrus and all these kind of people. They make mention to these groups as well.

But also we have evidence from sort of Mesopotamia and sort of the Persian Empire as well. So, you know, the various large inscriptions from like Darius the Great and Cyrus and all these kind of people. They make mention to these groups as well.

So we do have sort of different cultural perspectives on the Scythians, but always from the sense that they are the other, that they are the different group, and that they are being sort of judged accordingly to that.

So we do have sort of different cultural perspectives on the Scythians, but always from the sense that they are the other, that they are the different group, and that they are being sort of judged accordingly to that.

So we do have sort of different cultural perspectives on the Scythians, but always from the sense that they are the other, that they are the different group, and that they are being sort of judged accordingly to that.

Yeah, we do. And this is where, I mean, ultimately with any conversation about the Scythians, you'd either, if you get a historian like me, you'll get a lot of conversation about how the Greeks and how the sort of the settled world, shall we say, that kind of city building, urbanized cultures, how they view the Scythians. An archaeologist would give you a very different story.

Yeah, we do. And this is where, I mean, ultimately with any conversation about the Scythians, you'd either, if you get a historian like me, you'll get a lot of conversation about how the Greeks and how the sort of the settled world, shall we say, that kind of city building, urbanized cultures, how they view the Scythians. An archaeologist would give you a very different story.

Yeah, we do. And this is where, I mean, ultimately with any conversation about the Scythians, you'd either, if you get a historian like me, you'll get a lot of conversation about how the Greeks and how the sort of the settled world, shall we say, that kind of city building, urbanized cultures, how they view the Scythians. An archaeologist would give you a very different story.

they would focus on the archaeological evidence, which is far superior in understanding that culture. I'm going to try and mix it. I'm going to give it a go. And that's obviously a big part of the research I do, blending these things so we can try and understand it within both contexts. But we do, we have a lot of evidence. A lot of evidence comes from the burials.

they would focus on the archaeological evidence, which is far superior in understanding that culture. I'm going to try and mix it. I'm going to give it a go. And that's obviously a big part of the research I do, blending these things so we can try and understand it within both contexts. But we do, we have a lot of evidence. A lot of evidence comes from the burials.

they would focus on the archaeological evidence, which is far superior in understanding that culture. I'm going to try and mix it. I'm going to give it a go. And that's obviously a big part of the research I do, blending these things so we can try and understand it within both contexts. But we do, we have a lot of evidence. A lot of evidence comes from the burials.

So we have burials from Ukraine right through to Siberia and the Altai Mountains. With amazing levels of preservation, especially further east where the cold climate really helps. I mean, we have Pazarek burials where we have surviving skin from the buried men and women. We have hair, locks of hair, hairstyles. We can literally show you a plaited ponytail from the 4th century.

So we have burials from Ukraine right through to Siberia and the Altai Mountains. With amazing levels of preservation, especially further east where the cold climate really helps. I mean, we have Pazarek burials where we have surviving skin from the buried men and women. We have hair, locks of hair, hairstyles. We can literally show you a plaited ponytail from the 4th century.

So we have burials from Ukraine right through to Siberia and the Altai Mountains. With amazing levels of preservation, especially further east where the cold climate really helps. I mean, we have Pazarek burials where we have surviving skin from the buried men and women. We have hair, locks of hair, hairstyles. We can literally show you a plaited ponytail from the 4th century.

That's how well it's been preserved. The British Museum had an exhibit a few years ago with a couple of these items and they're just horrific and beautiful and odd. And you're not quite sure how to react to what you're looking at because of it. But because of it, we can show you an ancient tattoo. on their skin.

That's how well it's been preserved. The British Museum had an exhibit a few years ago with a couple of these items and they're just horrific and beautiful and odd. And you're not quite sure how to react to what you're looking at because of it. But because of it, we can show you an ancient tattoo. on their skin.

That's how well it's been preserved. The British Museum had an exhibit a few years ago with a couple of these items and they're just horrific and beautiful and odd. And you're not quite sure how to react to what you're looking at because of it. But because of it, we can show you an ancient tattoo. on their skin.

We can show you hairstyles, we can talk about the food, we can talk about what's buried around them in amazing detail. It's always difficult without words and without narratives and without stories to piece together, but we can at least start to confirm or analyse what was important to them, so important that they're buried like that.

We can show you hairstyles, we can talk about the food, we can talk about what's buried around them in amazing detail. It's always difficult without words and without narratives and without stories to piece together, but we can at least start to confirm or analyse what was important to them, so important that they're buried like that.

We can show you hairstyles, we can talk about the food, we can talk about what's buried around them in amazing detail. It's always difficult without words and without narratives and without stories to piece together, but we can at least start to confirm or analyse what was important to them, so important that they're buried like that.