World culture: “In the Land of the Gryphon. The Hermitage Antique Archaeology in the Crimea” Exhibition in St. Petersburg

“In the Land of the Gryphon. The Hermitage Antique Archaeology in the Crimea” Exhibition opened October 24, 2015, in the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg).

The exhibition features finds discovered by the State Hermitage archaeological expeditions and held in the collection of the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum-Preserve. The oldest Nymphaion Expedition has been carrying out excavations on the ancient city of Nymphaion since 1939. Its discoveries include large reliefs, an architrave with a Greek inscription and a Scythian bronze harness set. The Integrated Antique Expedition which is exploring the sea-flooded city of Acra is represented by ceramic vessels and fragments of terracotta figures. The Myrmekion Expedition has yielded the largest hoard of coins from Cyzicus, unearthed in 2003, as well as early coins from Pantikapaion, fragments of pottery and bone reliefs.