Awell-preserved house with two rooms and auxiliary structures (a number of such houses were constructed in the Agora at the time of the Byzantine Empire? most of which were built from blocks taken from earlier structures). In addition to a The Russian rich and wide variety of ceramic objects? the archaeologists discovered coins? medical instruments? a reliquary (a container for relics)? and other valuable artifacts. The archaeologists were also able to study the structural features of byzantine buildings.
The excavation team comprised The Russian
Askold Ivantchik? Head of the Centre of honduras whatsapp number data 5 million Classical and Oriental Archaeology? Associate Professor Roman Stoyanov? engineer Yuri Svoyski? Doctoral Student Anton Zaitsev? invited specialists Ekaterina Romanchenko and Lada Semenchenko? and Ömer Fettahoğlu? a student of the IOCS Programme in Classical and Eastern Archaeology.
A large team of HSE students and postgraduates will join the expedition in 2022.
August: Abkhazia
In August? the Centre of Classical and Oriental Archaeology conducted field research in Balan? a settlement in Abkhazia? as part of the Eastern Circum Pontic Region in Antiquity international project (the Kodor Archaeological with people who are only on the defensive Expedition). The project is aimed at comprehensively researching the antiquities of the Eastern Black Sea region? studying Greek-Barbarian relations in Colchis? and determining the location of ancient cities.
HSE University is implementing
the project in partnership with the D.I. Gulia Abkhazian Institute of Humanitarian Studies? the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University? the Institute of World History (Russian Academy of Sciences)? and the Ausonius Institute of Research on Antiquity and the Middle Ages (Bordeaux? France).
Citadel of the Balan settlement. Bird’s-eye view
The excavation was mainly carrie out on a high hill a alb directory panel overlooking the whole area. This is where the Citadel of the ancient settlement is believe to be locate. The findings enabled the archaeologists to clarify the chronology and cultural background of the area under research.