Archaeologists have discovered an ancient aqueduct in the main square of Chersonesos

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient aqueduct in the main square of Chersonesos
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient aqueduct in the main square of Chersonesos
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During exploration archaeological work, Sevastopol scientists discovered the remains of an ancient water supply system in the center of the Tauric Chersonesos Museum in Sevastopol and determined a good degree of preservation of archaeological objects and cultural layer of ancient Chersonesos and medieval Korsun (this is how the ancient city of Tauric Chersonesos was called in the ancient Russian chronicles) Tatyana Sarapulkina, the first deputy director of the Tavrichesk Chersonese Museum, told TASS.

Earlier it was reported that during the excavations, which were carried out as security before laying engineering communications for St. Vladimir's Cathedral in Chersonesos, archaeologists discovered the remains of the ancient square of the city - agora.

"The previously made tracing was confirmed, indicating the ancient objects of the area in the medieval period. Find out that, as it was before, in antiquity, will allow larger excavations in a larger area. Two lines of drainage and water supply were found, they ran parallel to each other", - said the deputy director of the museum.

She clarified that communications on the square were laid in the ancient or medieval period (so far, scientists have not been able to accurately date the buildings). "The water supply is in a ceramic pipe. There is also a drainage system laid out like a canal: stone, ceramics and covered with slabs on top; there are traces that suggest that it has already been opened - possibly during past archaeological excavations," Sarapulkina clarified.

The interlocutor explained that earlier information on the main square of the settlement was known to modern scientists only from materials that remained from excavations carried out more than 100 years ago. Over the years, the technology used for such research has changed.

According to her, archaeological research around the cathedral, including at the site of the agora, is still to come if engineering communications for the cathedral will pass through this site.

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