Wednesday 3 July 2019


The Narrater Say's who are the Kalash?are they related to The Scythians,as they first appeared in the historical record in the 8th century BC.Greek-Herodotus reported three contradictory versions as to the origins of the Scythians but placed greatest faith in this version
There is also another different story, now to be related, in which I am more inclined to put faith than in any other. It is that the wandering Scythians once dwelt in Asia, and there warred with the Massagetae, but with ill success; they, therefore quitted their homes, crossed the Araxes, and entered the land of Cimmeria.
Accounts by Herodotus of Scythian origins has been discounted recently; although his accounts of Scythian raiding activities contemporary to his writings have been deemed more reliable. Moreover, the term Scythian, like Cimmerian, was used to refer to a variety of groups from the Black Sea to southern Siberia and central Asia. They were not a specific people", but rather a variety, of peoples "referred to at a variety of times in history, and in several places, none of which was their original homeland" The Bible includes a single reference to Scythian's in Colossi ans immediately after mentioning barbarian, possibly as an extreme example of a barbarian.------------