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Ancient city of Chersonesos
 - North area
 - South area
 - West area
 - North-East area
 - South-East area
 - Central area
 - Citadel
 - Harbour area
 - Undetermined area
Necropoleis
 - Northern
 - Western
 - Near Karantinnaya bay
 - Undetermined necropolis
Chora
 - Heraclean peninsula
Environs
 - City Environs
 - Remote Environs
Museum
 - Exhibitions
 - Staff
 - Everyday life
Unidentified
Ancient city of Chersonesos
 - North area
 - South area
 - West area
 - North-East area
 - South-East area
 - Central area
 - Citadel
 - Harbour area
 - Undetermined area
Necropoleis
 - Northern
 - Western
 - Near Karantinnaya bay
 - Undetermined necropolis
Chora
 - Heraclean peninsula
Environs
 - City Environs
 - Remote Environs
Museum
 - Exhibitions
 - Staff
 - Everyday life
Unidentified

Ancient city of Chersonesos


The site of the ancient city of Tauric Chersonesos is located on a large promontory between two bays, Karantinnaya (Russian for Quarantine) and Pesochnaya (Sandy) within the limits of the present-day city of Sevastopol. It covers the area of about 45 hectares. The investigations of the ancient city started in 1827 and continued throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century, with short intervals. By the early twenty-first century, the excavations have uncovered about one-third of the ancient city: defensive walls and towers, churches and public spaces like theater, water reservoir, the so-called mint, thermae (baths), etc. The most important result of the excavations in the ancient city is the discovery of the city layout according to Hippodamean plan: grid of residential quarters of the same size composed by parallel and perpendicular streets. Although modern division of the ancient city into areas is conventional, it is used in archaeological documents.

The division of the ancient city into the areas is a convention; it is made for better orientation of the visitors (real and virtual) in Chersonesos territory. This zoning is performed according to existing tradition which is mentioned in scholarly and popular literature. At the same time, we should mention that there still is a certain confusion as to the numeration of longitudinal and transverse streets (and even of curtain walls and residential quarters), so we have to follow more or less common system of their designation.  

 

Well ICircular-shaped gravestone with rod to place it verticallyRoom no. 5
Architectonic memberA cut of cultural layer along the south-west border of the trench near Hellenistic basement VBasilica on the north coast near monastery burial ground
A cut of cultural layer along the south-west border of the trench near Hellenistic basement V, its continuation to the south-west below the entrance to and corner room of Hellenistic house 1Church no. 9Sea pebble floor: two naked figures of women with bowl and pigeon in between
 Rims of pithoiStone of unknown purpose with iron rod from the 2nd layer below room 8DRAINS below room no. 4
DRAINS below room no. 4DRAIN below room no. 8, Roman periodRims of PITHOI, handles and necks of AMPHORAE, fragment of HORN, shards of POTS. tenth century
Platform and "monument", 2-nd layer below room 19Platform and "monument", 2-nd layer below room 19Mound of the 2-nd layer below room 20
Fragments of AMPHORAE and POTSWalls of late mediaeval room above walls of Roman building (public baths)Storeroom in basement


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