Ural Mountains

Understanding the mysterious origins of the Indo-Europeans, the emergence of the Indo-Iranian languages, and the earliest identities of associated peoples remain some of the burning questions in modern scientific circles. These topics were extensively explored throughout decades of dedicated archeological excavations throughout Europe and Eurasia which yielded a variety of intriguing results offering a glimpse into the early formations of our shared identity. Numerous associated “cultures” were identified, each one unique and showing the pioneering use of some revolutionary global innovations. One of these has been called the Sintashta culture, a society centered on the northern Eurasian steppe, where powerful horse-masters emerged, inventing war chariots and relying on forged weapons to subdue their neighbors and hasten the spread of their