UKRAINE: Nomadic Scythians who rode across the Eurasian steppe in the first millennium B.C. were renowned for their horsemanship—and their savagery. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Scythian warriors drank their enemies’ blood and, occasionally, used their skin to cover quivers. Analysis of leather preserved at 14 sites near the Black Sea indicates that the Scythians did indeed make leather for quivers from human skin in at least 2 cases, confirming Herodotus’ grisly tale.