The area of "Manitra" is about 5 thousand square meters.
In Crimea, archaeologists have found the settlement "Manitra", which belongs to the heyday of the Bosporus kingdom of the IV-III centuries BC.
The settlement “ Manitra ” was found in Crimea. Photo: State Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
There are no analogues to such an object not only throughout the entire peninsula, but also in the Northern Black Sea region. Such a settlement is the only one "in Russian archaeological practice, simultaneously excavated object of this type."
The settlement “ Manitra ” was found in Crimea. Photo: State Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
“The Manitra settlement covers an area of about 5,000 square meters and is a well-preserved illustration of the Greek material culture of the time. It consists of a residential area of a farmstead type and an economic zone, represented by cattle pens and utility pits, - said Sergei Efimov, chairman of the State Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
The settlement “ Manitra ” was found in Crimea. Photo: State Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
But this is not the last find: a necropolis was discovered a little to the east. Burial structures and grave goods will allow specialists to study the traditions that were characteristic of the population of that time.
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The settlement “ Manitra ” was found in Crimea. Photo: State Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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The Bosporan Kingdom is an ancient slave-owning state in the Northern Black Sea region on the Bosporus Cimmerian (Kerch Strait). The capital is Panticapaeum. It was formed about 480 BC as a result of the unification of Greek cities on the Kerch and Taman peninsulas. Later it expanded along the eastern coast of Meotida (Meotidsky bog, Meotidskoye lake, modern Sea of Azov) to the mouth of Tanais (Don). From the end of the II century BC as part of the Pontic kingdom, then became a vassal of Rome.
Let us remind you that scientists found a well-preserved necropolis of the 2nd-4th centuries AD near Sevastopol. It was discovered by archaeologists in the area of the Tavrida highway.
Particularly interesting finds for researchers are a ring with a carnelian seal cut out, as well as a gold thread with a teardrop-shaped pendant and a beaded carnelian insert.
Also on the peninsula found an ancient burial of people, presumably buried alive. The shocking find was made in the Leninsky district.
Researchers are trying to understand what it is: a murder during an armed conflict or an epidemic. After all, the buried equipment does not have the usual ritual equipment in cases of burial.
ALEXANDER KORSHUNOVA