Archaeological finds of the Artezian settlement — in the Museum of Stone Antiquities of Kerch

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Monumental finds, many of which became a sensation of the 2023 archaeological season in the Artezian settlement of the Leninsky district, will be included in the exhibition of the Lapidarium of the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve of Kerch. The museum staff did not rule out the possibility of opening a separate area in the institution dedicated to artesian antiquities. Writes about this Tourist portal of Crimea.

Among the 30 tons of artifacts found this season during excavations at the Artesian site are fragments of marble slabs and statues of Zeus, limestone pit covers, wine presses, and various monumental finds. There are also several sensational ones. One of them is a fragment of an ancient slab with an inscription in honor of the Bosporan king Pharnaces II, who was the son of Mithridates VI Eupator, the head of an antique statue made of white marble, which belongs to the statue of Pharnaces II, represented in the image of the god Zeus. Archaeologists have yet to find the remaining elements of the inscription and statue. At the place where all this was discovered, according to archaeologists, stood the temple of Zeus Genarchsays the publication.

Elements of the ancient temple discovered by the Artesian archaeological expedition of the Moscow Pedagogical University will be stored in the Lapidary of the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve, they can be viewed in the exhibition of the Museum of Stone Antiquities after they are included in the museum collection, she reported Crimea tourism portal Travel Crimea Head of the department Nina Kucherevskaya.

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