Gorgippia - from the ancient city to the archaeological reserve in Anapa

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What was the city of Gorgippia like?

As a result of the research, scientists were able to imagine the characteristic dwellings of the ancient city of Gorgippia.

These were mainly two-story buildings with an area of ​​about 100 square meters. m , including 2-4 rooms for various purposes. All houses had semi-basements about 1.5 m deep, into which wooden or stone stairs led. The purpose of these cellars still causes a lot of controversy, but most scientists are inclined to their economic function - storing wine, food supplies, grain and even tools.

ancient city of Gorgippia . They were connected with clay mortar. The roof was covered with tiles, and the foundation was built from powerful limestone blocks. The floors were adobe.

The main street of Gorgippia was paved with large stone slabs about a meter long. They were laid on a powerful “cushion” of crushed stone, sand and yellow clay. The remaining streets were paved with broken bricks, fragments of amphorae and stones.

Interesting fact! The average width of the streets was 3-5 m, the width of the main highway was about 8 m.

The ancient city had a strict layout - longitudinal streets intersected transverse ones and divided residential areas into regular squares. Each quarter was occupied by a certain category of the population.

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(2011) YeiskKrasnodar region, Yeisk district
86,310 thousand people.
(2013) EkaterinburgSverdlovsk region
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(2015) ElabugaRepublic of Tatarstan, Elabuga district
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(2015) Elnya, Smolensk region, Elninsky district
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(2011) Yemanzhelinsk Chelyabinsk region, Yemanzhelinsky district
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(2017) Emva, Komi Republic, Knyazhpogostsky district
13.625 thousand people.
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(2017) ErmolinoKaluga region, Borovsky district
10.120 thousand people.
(2010) ErshovSaratov region, Ershovsky district
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(2011) EssentukiStavropol Territory
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1. Yevlakh (Azerbaijan)
2. Gävle (Sweden)
3. Evpatoria (Russia)
4. Egoryevsk (Russia)
5. Yeysk (Russia)
6. Yekaterinburg, Russia)
7. Elabuga (Russia)
8. Yelets (Russia)
9. Elizovo (Russia)
10. Jelshava (Slovakia)
11. Yelnya (Russia)
12. Yelsk (Belarus)
13. Yemanzhelinsk (Russia)
14. Embalenhle (South Africa)
15. Emva (Russia)
16. Emnambiti (South Africa)
17. Enakievo (Ukraine)
18. Yengema (Sierra Leone)
19. Yenice (Türkiye)
20. Yenice (Türkiye)
21. Yenice (Türkiye)
22. Yenijeoba (Türkiye)
23. Yenikoy (Türkiye)
24. Yeniseisk (Russia)
25. Yeniciftlik (Türkiye)
26. Yenisehir (Türkiye)
27. Yerevan, Armenia)
28. Ereymentau (Kazakhstan)
29. Erkoy (Türkiye)
30. Ermolino (Russia)
31. Ernut (Romania)
32. Ershov (Russia)
33. Jesenice (Slovenia)
34. Esik (Kazakhstan)
35. Yesil (Kazakhstan)
36. Essentuki (Russia)
37. Efremov (Russia)
38. Yesilli (Türkiye)
39. Yesilhisar (Türkiye)
40. Yesiliurt (Türkiye)

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• Gävle
• Yeysk
• Dace
• Emva
• Esik

5 letters

• Yevlakh
• Yelnya
• Yelsk
• Erkoy
• Ernut
• Ershov
• Yesil

6 letters

• Jelshava
• Engema
• Yenije
• Yenije
• Yenije
• Yeniköy
• Yerevan
• Yeshilli

7 letters

• Elabuga
• Elizovo
• Jesenice
• Efremov

8 letters

• Yenakievo
• Yeniseisk
• Yenisehir
• Ermolino
• Yeshilyurt

9 letters

• Evpatoria
• Yegoryevsk
• Emnambiti
• Yenijeoba
• Essentuki
• Yesilhisar

10 letters

• Embalenhle
• Yeniciftlik
• Ereymentau

11 letters

• Yemanzhelinsk

12 letters

• Ekaterinburg

Archaeological finds

The earliest finds on the site of present-day Anapa date back to the 6th–5th centuries BC. e. The first Greek settlement stretched 400 meters along the sea. By the beginning of the 5th century BC. e. the city grew significantly: archaeologists found that the city market provided the surrounding area for 15–20 km with Mediterranean goods. From the residential buildings of ancient Gorgippia, the basements of houses have been preserved, the walls of which were built of stone or made of mud bricks, and the roofs were covered with tiles of various shapes. The streets of the city were paved with cobblestones and fragments of clay amphorae, cart ruts were preserved on the pavements, and ancient coins were found. The approaches to the city from land were covered by a powerful fortress, explored in 1978–1980.

The fragments of inscriptions give an idea of ​​the administrative structure of the city and the composition of the population. A huge number of different objects have been found that tell about the economic activities and everyday life of the inhabitants of Gorgippia. Scientists have proven that iron and copper processing, glassmaking, stone-cutting and woodworking existed in the ancient city.

Crypts with unique frescoes and a large number of golden objects from the first centuries AD were discovered. One of the most interesting discoveries was made in 1975. An archaeological expedition from the Institute of Archeology of the USSR Academy of Sciences discovered a funeral complex of two crypts and a rock tomb with a large amount of gold and highly artistic items. The frescoes of the stone crypt depict the exploits of Hercules, who was considered the ancestor of the Cimmerian dynasty ruling in the Bosporus.

Today, archaeological finds of ancient Gorgippia are in various museums around the world.

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History of the ancient city

The city of Gorgippia was founded on the site of a settlement of the Sind tribe. It got its name from the Bosporan king who was ruling at that time.

By modern standards, the city was small - it occupied approximately 40 hectares , but it was an economic, cultural and political center. This is easily explained by its advantageous location on the seashore. The warm climate contributed to the development of winemaking, and craftsmen were actively involved in the art of pottery. In the 1st-2nd centuries BC. e. they even minted their own coins.

The ancient city of Gorgippia reached its greatest prosperity in the 1st-2nd centuries AD. e. It was different:

• carefully thought out architecture;
• a large number of temples dedicated to Poseidon, Demeter, Zeus, Aphrodite;
• division into residential areas and public spaces;
• the presence of a system of drains and water intake wells;
• a powerful defensive fortress;
• various workshops - pottery, jewelry, tiles, stone-cutting.

However, such a developing city attracted the attention of barbarian tribes - the Sarmatians and Alans. Led by the Goths, they burned Gorgippia, destroyed its defenses and defeated the fleet. Many residents were taken into slavery.

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Archaeological Museum-Reserve in Anapa

In 1977, the Gorgippia Museum-Reserve was created with an open-air exhibition and a permanent exhibition of finds. The Anapa Museum, which received archaeological status, became an integral part of the reserve.

Visitors can stroll along the cobbled streets of the ancient city, see the foundations and walls of dwellings, the remains of workshops, wineries, wells, drains, marble slabs with inscriptions recovered from the necropolis, sarcophagi of the local nobility, and architectural details. The total area of ​​the reserve is 1.6 hectares, of which 0.7 hectares are open to the public.

The halls of the museum house several unique collections: epigraphic monuments, a collection of terracotta figurines, frescoes of the crypt of “Hercules”, a collection of amphoras, beads, monuments of tomb sculpture and sarcophagi, a collection of glass vessels, a collection of black-glazed vessels and a collection of ancient numismatics.

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