Porsin explained that, given the political landscape of the time, with the powerful Merkit and Naiman tribes in the west ...

Parashat Masei, the last of the book of Bamidbar, ends with the verse, “These are the commandments and regulations that the LORD enjoined upon the Israelites, through Moses, on the steppes of Moab, at ...

Archaeologists have discovered a pyramid structure in the steppes of Central Asia that is thought to be more than 3,000 years old. The monument, known as the pyramid of Karazhartas, was uncovered ...

International Centre of the Roerichs. The rulers of ancient and medieval Rus’ eagerly sought assistance from mercenaries, be they Scandinavian warriors or fighters from nomadic steppe tribes. The ...

Nomads, while foot-loose, have not been averse to luxury. Excavations of ancient Eurasian burial sites attest to this fact. Warriors were interred with bronze arrowheads, and iron swords or daggers.

Afterwards he found it almost impossible to describe the experience that sent him running in anguish down the rocky hillside to his wife. It seemed to him that a devastating presence had burst into ...