From Scythians To Goths: ‘Looting’ Russia Strikes Gold Digging Up Crimean Antiquities – Analysis

By Michael Scollon*

(RFE/RL) — Crimea’s identity as a point of conflict among regional powers has been recognized since at least the 5th century B.C., when Herodotus described the Scythians who lived there as barbarians who drank wine from gilded skulls, burned lots of cannabis, and feted Greeks who arrived on their...