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Hey, thanks for the heads up, I know quite a lot about the Scythians, they were greatly feared nomads of the Asian steppes who could take down birds in mid-flight with either their left or right hands while galloping on horse back.
They are even mentioned in the bible:
Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all ...
We spoke about this very statement in my Greek class and the instructor mentioned specificall the Scythian and stated that this verse was very powerful and shows the depth of the cross in that salvation is not only offered to the barbarian, but unto the “utter barbarian” and such were these Scythians.
Chuck Misslers tape on Gog and Magog talks a great deal about Scythians from a historical perspective, absolutely facinating. Frankly, I’m suprised Hollywood hasn’t made a movie about them, they make the mongel hoards look like sissy’s.
The Scythian were never defeated in battle (ever)
http://knol.google.com/k/jeff-franzmann/scythians/13zhsbvkuz0iy/10#
-Yes, they really did lop the heads off their foes and turn them into drinking cups. They also turned the scalps of their fallen enemies into ornaments for their horses bridles.
-The Scythians were expert goldsmiths, whose fame for artistic works in gold was known even in Rome
-The Scythians were never defeated or conquered in battle. They simply disappeared as their lands, part of the Great Silk Road, were gradually settled and they gave up their nomadic lifestyle.
-They smoked pot. A lot of it. The kurgans not only contain cannibis seeds in bowls in abundance, but Greek accounts seem to indicate that made a great deal of recreational use of cannibis.