negatives reports
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.  

 

  Report of the excavations of 1889 Basilica. Basilica within a Basilica
(Year: 1972. Author: S. G. Ryzhov)
Supplementary investigation of 1889 Basilica (its other name is Basilica within a Basilica) and restoration of its mosaic floors has clarified the chronology of the mosaics and of the church building.
  Отчет о раскопках Херсонесской экспедиции Государственного Эрмитажа в 1975 г. Текст и иллюстрации
(Year: 1975. Author: G. D. Belov)

In the year under report, the expedition's work was te direct continuation of the previos years excavations in quarter XXVIII in the north area of Chersonesos. Excavations of rooms nos. 26 and 27 were finished, Late Mediaeval rooms and courtyards nos. 29-39 were unearthed anew, and below them, the excavations were made down to the virgin soil, apart of room no. 37, which appeared to be above a fish-salting cistern, and courtyard no. 39, excavation of which was not finished. Total area of the excavations in the year under report is about 300 square metres

  Report no. 3 of the restoration of mediaeval mosaic floors of 1889 Basilica in Chersonesos 
(Year: 1973. Author: O. I. Dombrovskiy)

Restoration of a fragment of mosaic floor in the nave of 1889 Basilica (its south-west corner) was the contiuation of works started in May 1972.

  Report of the restoration of mediaeval mosaic floors of 1889 Basilica in Chersonesos. Mosaics with Peacock
(Year: 1975. Author: O. I. Dombrovskiy)

The mosaic to be conserved was located in a small isolated room, close to the north wall of 1889 basilica, and dated from the same period as thje original basilica, that is the sixth century

  A report of the excavations in Chersonesos  
(Year: 1973. Author: G. D. Belov)
Chersonesos expedition from the State Hermitage Museum in 1973 continued the excavations in the north area of Chersonesos, in quarter XXVIII.
  Album of illustrations to the report of supplementary investigation of 1889 basilica
(Year: 1975. Author: S. G. Ryzhov)
  Report of the excavations in Chersonesos in 1974. 1. Text
(Year: 1974. Author: G. D. Belov)
In 1974, the excavations continued in quarter XXVIII, where they had been being conducted since 1968
  Report of the excavations in Chersonesos in 1974. 2. Album
(Year: 1974. Author: G. D. Belov)
Album of illustrations to the report
  On the excavations of the site of ancient theatre in Chersonesos in 1973-1974  
(Year: 1974. Author: O. I. Dombrovskiy)

As stated in the given report, the main goal of the team was the continuation of the excavations of the site of ancient theatre.

  On the excavations of the site of ancient theatre in Chersonesos in 1973-1974: Illustrations  
(Year: 1973. Author: O. I. Dombrovskiy)
Album of illustrations to report.


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