Kalmyks are a separate people of the Kalmyk steppes
Screex The history of the Kalmyks is inextricably linked with the past of Russia, it allows us to better understand this people, to feel their values and ideals. More than three…
What did the army of the Mongol Khan Batu eat?
There are too many supporters of alternative history in our time. However, they did not appear yesterday or today – there was no Internet before, so the "alternative scientists" were…
What did the ancient Mongols look like?
Modern Mongols have a classic East Asian appearance, assuming dark hair, a specific skull shape, characteristic eyes and specific body proportions different from European ones. Due to their military successes…
Exhumation of Tamerlane: why Stalin actually ordered the opening of Timur’s tomb
The beginning of the Great Patriotic War and the opening of Tamerlane's tomb, whether by chance or not, coincided exactly in time. The most detailed account of this was given…
Why did the Mongols hide their dead?
Known to us burials of Mongol warriors during their conquest of Russia are very rare. Many on this basis assert, that there was no yoke, since there is no proofs…
The Enigma of Steppe Warriors: Why the Pechenegs Ignored Hygiene but Obsessively Cleaned Their Ears
Hygiene paradoxes: a cultural phenomenon of Pecheneg society The hygienic practices of the Pechenegs represent a unique historical phenomenon that has long puzzled researchers. Archaeological data and written sources of…
What became of Genghis Khan’s siblings?
Although Esugei-Bagatur, Genghis Khan's father, did not live a long life, he had seven children from two wives - six boys and one girl. And if the fate of the…
New research confirms the data of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus about the creepy custom of the Scythians
In the 5th century BC, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus described in his work "History" some customs of the Scythians from which it becomes uncomfortable. He says that a warrior…
The emergence of the Iranian Huns, the Chionites
Not much information has been preserved about this people. The history of this branch of the Huns is very complicated, and it began at the spurs of the Altai Mountains.…
Not Tajiks, not Turks, not Pashtuns, not Mongols: who are the Charaymaks, the last nomads of Afghanistan?
The Charaymaks are one of the peoples of Central Asia, the last nomads of the region. In Afghanistan, their number is estimated at about one and a half million people.…