ASMR The Scythians: Ancient Treasures of Ukraine (soft spoken, history)

Today we're looking at a bit of a mysterious aspect of ancient history: the Scythians. I've come across the name quite often, but always in the margins or as a side-note and it made me curious to find out more about this civilization of Eastern Europe during the Hellenistic period. I hope you find this relaxing and interesting, and if at some point, you're wondering whether you should drift off to sleep rather than keep listening: absolutely, go to sleep 💖💖
The books I used are:
Putzger Historischer Weltatlas, Kartenedition.
Gold aus Kiew, 170 Meisterwerke aus der Schatzkammer der Ukraine, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. (depicting pieces from the Ukrainian Treasures Museum)
Here's some of the info plus an English translation of the account of Herodotus:
www.penn.museu...
www.arcus-atla...
The British Museum had an exhibition a few years ago in the Scythians where I found the info on drinking, getting high, and tattoos:
www.britishmus...
If you'd like to listen to more in-depth info:
• The Scythians: Nomad W...
And only mentioning the Scythians in passing but going into great depth on the history of Ukraine - incl. a lesson on the Kyivan Rus and the Viking Age - there's this Yale lecture series with Timothy Snyder:
• Timothy Snyder: The Ma...
Nail Polish: Catrice 13 To Be ContiNUDEd
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@harinebo How brave and persistent is Ukraine, I admire you very much! Slava ukraini, stay safe and when the war will be over, I hope soon, I promised myself to visit your country💙💛🇾🇪 And so nice to learn so much more thanks to Melange🙏🏻🌷

[@donnal.fowler-marchant519]

I love when Mishka schnurrs at the beginning as well as your lovely soothing voice. Vielen Dank!

[@LoFIJak]

History with ASMR's best duo, Melange and Mishka. Absolutely perfect

[@MelangeASMR]

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[@eschsoapy2809]

Hi again! Ever since reading years ago that Scythian women were found buried with their bows in many of their kurgans/dolmens, I have been fascinated with the role of women in ancient and medieval warfare. The Scythians are one of the most fascinating people in the ancient world. I'm so glad you took this as a topic. You have become one of my favorite ASMR creators and I hope you keep making videos! Thank you again!!

[@naturalexplorer]

Exploring ancient history with the relaxing voice of Melanges' ASMR is the best way by far. Lovely book yet again. The Scythians are one of the most mysterious ancient people. Their Griffin is a really interesting symbol for me. Not sure how it fits in with their culture but it seems to represent their strength. Something about predation. Griffin symbolism has a widespread distribution throughout the world and by association reveal a powerful Scythian legacy wherever they show up. Seems to have the strongest links with ancient Ireland. The spiral rings symbolized on the gold amulet necklace look to me to be in three's to somewhat resemble the ancient Irish triskelion symbol. Looking at their facial features they seem far more western origin than eastern. Red heads buried in the kurgans adds a lot of weight to very early western origins. Fascinating, enjoyable, relaxing. Another Melange classic🙂

[@takla9695]

The Irish connection is interesting as in certain versions of the Legend of CuChulainn he goes to Scythia for his training.

[@g-1west455]

Also a griffin on Tartary flag

[@naturalexplorer]

@@g-1west455 The surname Griffin is common in Ireland. Centre stage on the Griffin coat of arms is the Griffin symbol.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

Scythian is not an ethnicity, it's a Greek umbrella term for all the pastoral nomads living north and north east of Black sea. Griffons is again attributed to Scythians by Greeks (they had so called animal-style art, hybrids are rare). If you want to know who almost totaly replaced and assimilated local Irish and British population and brought Indo-European languages look no farther then Yamnaya culture (R1 DNA haplogroup) - also from Pontic steppe between Black and Caspian sea. Also notice river named Don (and other D-N rivers) flowing into the Black Sea - there is 4 rivers with that name in England and 1 in Scotland and 1 in France

[@glimamede]

I've always loved falling asleep to history or cultural videos, but sometimes they're very loud and wake me up accidentally and I always thought it would be nice if someone just made an asmr version of them. Boy, was I happy when I came across your channel!

[@MelangeASMR]

I'm very happy as well that you found it! And yeah, the amount of times I've fallen asleep to history documentaries or lectures lol...

[@katieherger4928]

I enjoyed hearing at the beginning of the video that this was a topic you didn’t know about, but then you go on to give us an entire video full of insight and information on the topic. 😂 You sure do a great deal of research for these videos, and we are all the better for it! Thank you for all you do!!

[@companionelf]

But those gold pieces aren't "Scythian". They were made by Black Sea Greek colonists at a Greek settlement called Solocah. "Scythian" is a Greek linguistic reference to a 'Scythe', the farming tool used by the local wheat farmers the Greeks traded with..

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[@valeriyav2149]

I'm so happy you made a video about Ukrainian history ☺There is a lot to unpack 😂 Your soft voice is the best btw! Greetings from Kyiv 💙💛

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

There were no Ukraine or Slavs for that matter in Scythian times.

[@valeriyav2149]

@@yanikkunitsin1466 Well yeah... we still learn Ancient times in this region as a part of Ukrainian history in schools so Scythians get a big part of this history section

[@Ineke1466]

What a beautiful video and book again, so incredibly interesting! Thanks dear Melange for sharing this in such a relaxing way 🙏🏻❤️

[@MelangeASMR]

Thank you, Ineke, it's always a joy to find your comments!

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[@asmrhawaii]

Love the kitty and purring! I will watch the entire video with great interest tonight! Mahalo!

[@MelangeASMR]

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[@acrosstheboard3207]

A great and relaxing presentation Melange , i know i am fixated on your beautiful voice and tracing but i do learn from your extensive knowledge of different places.

[@peppermintsara]

your voice + mischka purring ❤ also how were the scythians fearsome if they were just chilling smoking weed and drinking wine!

[@machtwerk]

That's exactly how I experienced ASMR for the first time irl. Soooo many tingles, thank you! 🤩

[@MelangeASMR]

Oh how cool! Very nice to hear this hit the spot :)

[@pastelclouds1922]

The book is so pretty 😍 or maybe I’m just a bit of a magpie, enchanted by all that gold✨

[@itsgoodtobegood]

That was so interesting and relaxing! Thank you so much.

[@ayrshiretattie]

Whoa! That gold work is incredible! Great topic and video, thanks so much.

[@MelangeASMR]

It's so incredibly detailed and realistic, just stunning. I'm glad you liked it, thank you!

[@sofiabecerracalvino6220]

I've watched this 6 times already and I can't get to the end bc I always fall asleep! 💕

[@CasterMedicus]

You must have the most well educated cat in cat history 🙂

[@MelangeASMR]

Hah yeah, I just have a feeling she doesn't really pay attention.

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[@SereglothIV]

Scythians. Yet another group I know because of a video game ;) This time it's Rome: Total War (the old one). But the only things I know is their name and the region they inhabited.

[@hotpaprika67]

Scythians continued Amazons and Scythians joined to create Samartia, after the Huns, Avars and Magyars all easily traced through archeological burial, traditions, culture, arts, litruture and customs..

[@xavierhenriques1116]

So glad I found this channel. Thank you, Ms.🙏

[@MelangeASMR]

So am I! Thank you 😊

[@stephengoodchild8833]

Very interesting video,you have some wonderful books!

[@bgump55]

I cheered when I saw the title. Scythians, yes! Like that. Unique and calming content, per usual.

[@silverkitty8]

I adore your videos! So interesting and relaxing.

[@MelangeASMR]

Thank you, Valerie 🥰

[@ShinnoEli]

Fascinating! And that necklace (collar?) was gorgeous indeed. @_@ I was surprised by the accuracy of the lions; when Medieval Europe drew lions, it tended to be pretty obvious that they'd never seen one, but whoever sculpted these obviously had a very good idea of what the real thing looked like... Any idea if lions ever actually lived as far north as the Scythians did? Or did some of the Scythians do some really extensive traveling down past the Mediterranean?

[@MsRedjay]

Really interesting, I had to look it up... apparently lion populations once extended from Africa to India. Recent archaeological research has found evidence of wild lions living in SE Europe until around 300 BC, and until as late as the 10th century in the Caucasus region.

[@ShinnoEli]

@@MsRedjay Wow... o_o That would definitely explain it. So Medieval Europe just got there too late and missed them.😅 Thanks for checking into it!

[@teddybear9029]

What a beautiful book that is melange!

[@MelangeASMR]

Right! It was such a lucky find.

[@imokin86]

As you said, Scythians might not have had one "identity". It is indeed a large umbrella term for many related cultures from Ukraine to Central Asia. If you would like to continue along these lines into Siberia, it's worth taking a look at the Asian Scythian burial mounds in Pazyryk and Issyk. Another interesting bit of Ukrainian history is that after the Scythians, one of the peoples migrating in were the Goths. So there is a link between this same region and Germanic cultures, and even legends like the Nibelungenlied and the Edda.

[@theodemirweltmann9673]

In those ancient times there was no Ukraine, even the population of the region was different.

[@musicalintentions]

I think this is one of your best videos! ❤

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I love your content

[@harrypell2603]

I really liked this video very relaxing indeed

[@mrroyale5688]

Some unique archaeological parallels between Hungarians and Scythians: a lily-horned deer in Hungarian folk art and an Asian Scythian tattoo. A Scythian golden deer discovered in Hungary depicts an antlered deer burning with fire. The legend of the miraculous burning horned stag of the Hungarian King St. Lazlo in the 14th century Hungarian Pictorial Chronicle. Tree of Life and stag together in Hungarian folk art and in a Sarmatian headdress. The two-headed Turul (mythical eagle) in the Asian Scythian and the Hungarian "Séchi" family coat of arms, and the same in the Hungarian Reformed coffered ceilings.

[@asmrhawaii]

Loved every bit of this! Mahalo!

[@MelangeASMR]

Thank you!!!

[@VickyDPi]

Elegant and relaxing

[@katepurr]

Thank you for a very interesting, pleasant and soothing video. Looking forward to your videos about our other significant tribes in Ukraine - Cimmerians, Sarmatians (who consequently conquered Scythians), Tauris, and later on Polovtsi (Cumans). Slava Ukraini! 💙💛

[@dealvarado4783]

Great video!

[@worldofmix6766]

There's an Achaemenid Rock Carving which called some captives "Sāka" and referred to them as invaders so it makes more sense to be Scythian rather than Sythian in Greek

[@mikegreen3485]

"I found the info on drinking, getting high and tattoos" - Melange has had a weekend... 😂

[@MelangeASMR]

Not as much fun when you're just reading about it haha

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Thank you, Melange. Flawless video and the awesome 2D map is back once again. Would you like to make a video about it?

[@imagismus]

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[@MelangeASMR]

A belated hello and thank you!!

[@colinjames7569]

I was told I am Scythe by a Scythian. Irish/Gaelige roamed the steppe. Before settling in Ireland, We share the exact same culture

[@Hyberlol]

The tribes of Judah znd Israel left the land of Judah and crossed the Caucus mountains becoming the scythians. They also migrated into the British Isles.

[@yodythewoadie]

King Arthur is not just a myth.

[@iamphoenixfire]

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I'll tell her you said hello! She really is a little sweetheart.

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Es nervt gar nicht, ich freu mich, wenn Interesse an den Themen da ist! Nur muss ich zugeben, für den restlichen März ist noch gar nichts geplant 😅

[@ЕлеонораПопович]

as Ukrainian i`m very excited to watch this video

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[@nicholastan8814]

Why was it delisted

[@gerihuginn]

All Celts and Germans are of Scythian descent

[@teddyQuake]

:)

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[@BootboyJu]

Slava Ukraini, Heroiam Slava !

[@katepurr]

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