https://blog.britishmuseum.org/introducing-the-scythians/I'd actually never heard of the Scythians before, but it seems like they were a rowdy and interesting bunch and loved their horses. I didn't realize it at the time, but I've actually seen a lot of the antiquities shown in the article in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
"Other than tattoos, what did the Scythians look like? Some of the women have fair hair and blue eyes but the men are strongly built and have red or dark hair."
For me, this and the fact they were nomads kind of explained the posts here about the elongated heads found in Peru, where DNA testing showed European heritage (and some with preserved red hair). Not that the article mentions any head shaping, but there have been some discovered in Russia. I need to find out if they were found in the same area as the Scythian remains. Their burial practices were very much like the Egyptians, which left clues about the Scythians themselves.
"In the high Altai mountain region near the borders of Russia, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia, the frozen subsoil has meant that the organic remains of Scythians buried in tombs have been exceptionally well preserved in permafrost.
"The Scythians took great effort to preserve the appearance of the dead using a form of mummification. They removed the brain matter through holes cut in the head, sliced the bodies and removed as much soft tissue as possible before replacing both with dry grass and sewing up the skin."
T.M. nice find on the Gods and Robots Youtube. I'll definitely listen to that, but now I'm even more excited about the Amazon book. I found out I can get the book, or audio version for free at my local library through an app called Hoopla.
The Atalanta video was refreshing, especially considering it was from the 70s! All the Disney stuff I grew up with, all the princess stories, depicted women as helpless nitwits needing to be rescued by a Prince Charming. I never questioned it when I was a kid, but now I look back and it annoys me. Good for Atalanta, she stood her ground! Good for Marlo Thomas too!