AncientPages.com - During underwater excavations near the Ak-Burun Cape, a place related to the Crimean bridge construction site, divers discovered a part of a unique, ancient Greek terra-cotta statue, informed TASS, the Russian News Agency.
Archaeologists believe the discovery is a fragment of a bigger statue, which has still to be uncovered, according to Sergei Olkhovsky, of Russia’s Academy of Sciences under water unit.
“As far as we know, this unique artifact discovery is the first of its kind in the northern Black Sea area, such objects have never been found here before,” Olkhovsky said.
Fragment of Greek terracotta statue. Image credit: Russia’s Academy of Sciences
“In order to figure out what it was used for, when and where it was made, we will cooperate with the leading ancient Greek art experts and will also carry out a laboratory test of the clay.”
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The divers conduct their underwater diggings manually in order to not destroy any other pieces or artifacts that might be in the surrounding area.
Kercvh Peninsula where a part of statue was found.
In ancient times, the Kerch bay served as a main shipping base on the trade route connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Azov and since the construction of the Crimean Bridge, many artifacts from Ancient Greece have been discovered.
Last year an ancient fortress of Greek origin, more than 2,000 years old and one of the largest of its kind, was discovered during excavations at the Kerch Peninsula, at the eastern end of the Crimean Peninsula.
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