Scythian and Sarmatian Military History and Armies
Indo-European Peoples
- -رقص شمشیر نزد طبقه جنگاور هند و اروپایی-The dance of swords among the Warrior caste of Indo-European peoples (in Persian)
- Mohammad-Hassan Samsar. The importance of the horse and Equestrian ornaments in Ancient Iran(Persia): Part One-The Indo-Europeans. (pdf) (in Persian)
Scythians
- H.W. Bailey (1970). aka Studies: The Ancient Kingdom of Khotan. Iran, Vol. 8, pp. 65-72. (pdf)
- Reconstructions of Scythian women’s headdresses
- Past Horizons: Tatarli Tumulus – a return of color (note ancient drawing of a battle between Achaemenid and Scythian)
- T. Sulimirski (1854). Scythian Antiquities in Western Asia. Artibus Asiae, Vol. 17, No. 3/4 , pp. 282-318. (pdf)
- Francis R. B. Godolphin (1973-1974). Herodotus on the Scythians. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 32, No. 5, From the Lands of the Scythians- Ancient Treasures from the Museums of the U.S.S.R. 3000 B.C.-100 B.C., pp. 129-149. (pdf)
- سکاهای باختری – The Scythians of Europe (pdf – in Persian)
- J. B. Bury (1897). The European Expedition of Darius. The Classical Review, Vol. 11, No. 6 (July), pp. 277-282. (pdf) See also translation of article into Persian {Dariush va Sakaha} by Yusef Amiri (pdf). see also Persian article in Asvaran Blog-داریوش بزرگ و سکاهای باختری-.
- Christopher Tuplin: Revisiting Dareios’ Scythian Expedition
- Valeri I. Guliaev (2003). Amazons in the Scythia: New finds at the Middle Don, Southern Russia. World Archaeology, Vol. 35, No. 1, The Social Commemoration of Warfare, pp. 112-125. (pdf)
- Yazdan Safaie: -وضعیت زن میان سکاها و سرمتها-The Status of Women among the Scythians and Sarmatians (in Persian)
Alans and Sarmatians
- Professor Oric Basirov: Origin of Pre-Imperial Iranian Peoples
- Professor Shapour Shahbazi: The Amazons
- Elizabeth Baynham (2001). Alexander and the Amazons. The Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 115-126. (pdf)
- H. H. Howorth (1877). The Arian Nomades. Part I. The Sauromatae or Sarmatae. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 6, pp. 41-54. (pdf)
- Ann Farkas, Pieter Meyers, Joan Mishara (1973). Roundels and Sarmatian Art. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 8, pp. 77-88. (pdf)
- Sarmatian Warrior Women
- The Sarmatian Bow
- Sarmatian Treasures (Video)
- Sarmatian Tamga
- Professors Abaev and Bailey: The Alans
- Mordechai Cogan (1988). For We, like You, Worship Your God- Three Biblical Portrayals of Samaritan Origins. Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 38, Fasc. 3 (Jul.,), pp. 286-292. (pdf)
The Koban
The Ossetians: Modern iranic descendants of the Anicent Scythians, Alans and Sarmatians
- Zarina: A Comprehensive website about the Ossetians, Scythians and Alans
- The Glob-Alania website
- Medieval Towers of Alania/Alaniya
- Ossetian Music and Dance
- Learn more about Ossetians by joining their facebook profiles: Falar- horse’s decoration, Old Vladikavkaz, Ossetians, Alania.
Books to download in pdf
