The exhibition is based on the collection of monuments dating from the 7th century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D. discovered as a result of archaeological excavations on the territory of the Northern Black Sea Region.
The exhibition is based on the collection of monuments dating from the 7th century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D. discovered as a result of the archaeological excavations on the territory of the Northern Black Sea Region. The main part of the exhibition entitled “The Burial Mounds of Bosporus” is devoted to the famous burials of the Bosporan Kingdom. On display are three unique wooden sarcophagi, the objects found in the Nimfei and Semibratniy burial-mounds, as well as in the burial mounds of Kul-Oba and Yuz-Oba. Of Roman origin are the wooden and painted sarcophagi and a group of objects found in the Bosporus graves, amongst which of particular note is the gold mask of the 3rd – 4th centuries. A separate section of the exhibition illustrates the distinctive features of the ancient dwelling decoration during the Archaic, Classical and the Hellenistic Age.
