In addition, the archaeologists found several burials.
Scientists of the Institute of archaeology RAS in the course of excavations in the Kerch Peninsula on the main gas pipeline route “Krasnodar region — Crimea” found the tower and walls of the fortress, built over two thousand years ago in the times of the Bosporan Kingdom.
Excavations conducted near the village of hornostaivka in Uzunlarskoe shaft (also known as Cimmerian shaft). It is believed that these fortifications were built in the first third of the III century BC, and then strengthened. In the area of the I century BC, the shaft could protect founded by the Greek colonists of the Bosporan Kingdom from the Scythians — the owners of the main part of the Crimea.
In the first month of the excavations there were found ancient stone tower in good preservation. To the East of it discovered the farmyard with pits that contained numerous artifacts. To the West of the tower behind the tree line was a large defensive ditch. In passing through the line of the ditch and the shaft were the remains of buildings, which, as suggested by archaeologists, served as a gateway.
Identified design is unique to rural fortifications of the Bosporus and the most ambitious among these, known in the Northern black sea. In addition, the archaeologists found several burials, including a female grave of ancient time, contained ancient jug and saucer, a bronze mirror, beads and earrings.
The Bosporan Kingdom, an ancient state in the Northern black sea by the Cimmerian Bosporus (Kerch Strait). The Capital — Panticapaeum. Formed about 480 BC during the unification of the Greek cities on the Kerch and Taman peninsulas, and also entry the Reason. Became part of the Byzantine Empire in the first half of the VI century.
