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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.  

 

Main streetNorth-eastern area of the ancient cityMain street
Fish-salting cistern near Kane's Battery, at it outer sideFish-salting cistern near Kane's Battery, at it outer sideNorth-east area of the ancient city
Quarter II in the north-east area of the ancient cityNorth-east quarters in the ancient cityBaptistery
Fountain in the square in front of Uvarov's BasilicaFish-salting cistern (?) in the excavation trench higher than the museumBaptistery in the Uvarov's Basilica
Square in front of Uvarov's BasilicaExcavations of a wall in the north-eastern area of the ancient city, to the north of ancient Greek buildingSixth to third century Hellenistic house
Third century Hellenistic houseKiln in a room in the north-eastern area of the ancient cityExterior view of the baptistery in Uvarov's Basilica
Exterior view of the baptistery in Uvarov's BasilicaInterior view of the baptistery in Uvarov's BasilicaCourtyard, narthex and section of square in front of Uvarov's Basilica


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