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On the construction of the bridge in the Crimea discovered the head of ancient deity

21:10, Sunday, 26 March, 2017
On the construction of the bridge in the Crimea discovered the head of ancient deity

During underwater excavations the accumulation of ancient ceramics in the Kerch Bay near Cape AK-Burun archaeologists found a terracotta head. Excavations conducted in the area of construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait. According to experts, the found head is a fragment of a statue of the Greek God or hero, and is a unique artifact.

The underwater squad of the Institute of archaeology under the leadership of Sergey Olkhovsky found near Cape AK-Burun more than 60 thousand of interest for the science objects, according to a press release from scientific organizations. A large part of the finds is a large fragments of ceramic vessels imported from the Mediterranean and Asia Minor in the V century BC – VII century ad. However, the terracotta head of a man life size, according to experts, represents the most remarkable object found in the area. As the researchers note, this is the first such discovery in the Northern black sea coast .
     Archaeologists suggest that ancient statue was created in one of the Greek cities of Asia Minor in the fifth century BC, that is, in the era of the Greco-Persian wars, which had a period of rassveta classical Greek culture. The head is made of porous clay by the method of the mold of the matrix. Hair and beard were made engraved on wet clay, and then the product has been roasting. Although by the time the statue presumably bvla created, similar technology has received a very wide spread, most often it was used for the manufacture of thin-walled figurines with a maximum height of 40 inches, while a sculpture, a fragment of which was discovered the head, obviously meant to be much larger.
     Soon the professionals plan and clarify the functionality of the sculpture, provenance and Dating, as well as to check whether previously discovered or its analogs.

On the construction of the bridge in the Crimea discovered the head of ancient deity
On the construction of the bridge in the Crimea discovered the head of ancient deity
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