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🇷🇺 Russia (Hyperborea pseudo) · Pyramid

Hyperborea on Ural Polar Pseudo – Herodotus North of Scythia Extended to Polar Urals

Pseudoarchaeology claim (2000 Uvarov Ural Hyperborea) · Herodotus 4.32 Hyperborea beyond Boreas → 2000 Uvarov Polar Urals

Pseudo Hyperborea at 72°N polar Urals – claim Herodotus' six-month night = polar Urals not Issedones steppe.