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.  

 

  Illustrations to the report of the excavations of the Basilica on a Hill in 1974. Vol. 4 
(Year: 1974. Author: S. A. Belyayev)
Illustrations to the report of the excavations of the Basilica on a Hill in 1974. Vol. 4.
  Illustrations to the report of the excavations of the Basilica on a Hill in 1974. Vol. 5 
(Year: 1974. Author: S. A. Belyayev)
Illustrations to the report of the excavations of the Basilica on a Hill in 1974. Vol. 5.
  Illustrations to the report of the excavations of the Basilica on a Hill in 1974. Vol. 6 
(Year: 1974. Author: S. A. Belyayev)
Illustrations to the report of the excavations of the Basilica on a Hill in 1974. Vol. 6
  Report of 1975 excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos
(Year: 1975. Author: M. I. Zolotaryov)

1975 excavations were the continuation of the works started by the Chersonesos Historical and Archaeological Museum in 1974. Similarly to the previous year, the works were generally concentrated in the first quarter of the north-east area of Chersonesos, to the north-west of the Main Street. These were supplementary investigations of the roomes in the south corner of the quarter which adjoins transverse street II and the Main Street. The excavations were made in July and August of 1975 by means of the Chersonesos Museum.

Nine rooms were excavated during the period under report. There are three chronological periods that could be determined for the Middle Ages in the south corner of the quarter: the first period of construction could be dated from the late antique or early mediaeval period, chronological frames of the second period are determined due to our finds of the materials from the ninth and tenth centuries, and, finally, the last period dates from no earlier than the twelfth or thirteenth century.

  Illustrations to the report of 1975 excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos 
(Year: 1975. Author: M. I. Zolotaryov)
Illustrations to the report of 1975 excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos
  Lists of finds as compiled in the field from the excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos. Vol. 1
(Year: 1975. Author: M. I. Zolotaryov)
Lists of finds as compiled in the field from the excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos. Vol. 1.
  Lists of finds as compiled in the field from the excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos. Vol. 2
(Year: 1975. Author: M. I. Zolotaryov)
Lists of finds as compiled in the field from the excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos. Vol. 2.
  1974 report of the excavation in the north-east area of Chersonesos
(Year: 1974. Author: M. I. Zolotaryov)
North-east area of the ancient city is one of the most interesting regions of Chersonesos. The most important contribution to the invistigation of this area was made by R. Kh. Leper who excavated ther in 1908-1914. 
  Illustrations to 1974 report of the excavation in the north-east area of Chersonesos
(Year: 1974. Author: M. I. Zolotaryov)
Album of illustrations
  Lists of finds discovered by excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos in 1974
(Year: 1974. Author: M. I. Zolotaryov)
Lists of finds discovered by excavations in the north-east area of Chersonesos in 1974.


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