<< In the area of construction of the Crimean bridge near the
Kerch cape Ak-Burun during the underwater excavations archaeologists
have found Terracotta Head - a fragment of the sculpture of Ancient
Greek Deity.
Specialists call the found in the Kerch bay among the wreckage
Ancient ceramics artifact unique. Most likely, this is the head of
bust or statue.
Under the Crimean bridge, an official of the ancient kingdom
was unearthed ...
- "According to our data, this find is unique for the Northern
Black Sea region, it has not been possible to find its analogs yet,
- said Head of the underwater detachment of the Institute of
Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Olkhovsky.
- To clarify its functional purpose, we will attract leading
experts in ancient Greek art and hold laboratory studies of
the composition of clay. While we assume,that the terracotta
Head was made in Asia Minor in the V century to
ad.
Mass production of terracotta products using technology
the impression in the matrix was widely spread already in the VI
century to ad. Usually, statuettes with a height of no more than
40 centimeters with a wall thickness of up to one centimeter. It
allowed to conduct a qualitative firing of such products, but
the fragment of terra cotta found by archeologists belongs much
More massive product.
Kerch bay near the cape of Ak-Burun for more than 2000 years
servedthe main transshipment base on the trade route from the
Mediterranean in the Sea of Azov. In the case of carriage by sea,
part of the ceramic tare was often broken, and when unloading in
the port damaged amphorae and dishes were often thrown into the
sea. So at the ancient piers Gradually formed whole deposits of
ceramics of different time>>.
March 22, 2017.
Well, even the water we are grateful for the construction!
Well, even the Greek pagan G-ds came to the bank,
To talk to our !! So, we are right, and Crimea
Our!! To argue with G-d is not clear, and on our side they are !!