Crimean Chersonesos: City, Chora, Museum, and EnvironsChersonesos was a stunning city in the ancient world, a Greek colony of the 5th century, a Roman port and imperial base and a Byzantine metropolis bedecked with fine buildings and monuments. Yet, it has also been a well kept secret due to its proximity to the centre for Russias Black Sea fleet which has, until now, kept visitors and scholars away. The publication of this guide to Chersonesos pre-empts a fifty-year plan by the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos and the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Texas, to explore and manage the site. This book brings to an English-speaking audience the wonderful history of Chersonesos, its monuments and environs over a two thousand year period and discusses its position as a highly influential city both in the Mediterranean and across the whole of Eurasia. |
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MapsImagery | 4 |
Crimean Peninsula | 11 |
Greek and Roman Chersonesos | 27 |
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3rd century amphorae Ancient City apse archaeological Bahçesaray Balaklava barbarian Basilica Black Sea Bosporan Kingdom building burial Byzantine cave chora chora of Chersonesos Christian cistern city walls city's coast coins Constantinople construction courtyard Crimea Crimean Tatar Crimean War cultural decorated defensive walls Early Hellenistic period eastern Empire excavated farmhouse Figure fortress fourth century BC Galleries Genoese Golden Horde Greek Hellenistic period Herakleian Peninsula houses inscription Khazars Kherson Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich Kyiv Kyivan Rus late limestone located Löper Mack Main Street Mangup-Kale marble medieval period monastery monuments mosaic floor Museum National Preserve necropolis northern NPTC archives Ottoman painted Parthenos pottery Preserve of Tauric Quarantine Bay reconstruction Roman period Russian Scythians second century settlement Sevastopol Simferopol sixth century southern southwestern Crimea stelai stele Strzheletskiy Tauric Chersonesos tenth century territory theater Tower of Zeno trade Trelogan Ukraine Ukrainian Uvarov Basilica vaults Vizantiyskiy Kherson Volodymyr's Church western Williams Yakobson