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Textiles found at Timna Valley archaeological dig provide a colorful picture of a complex society.

Krasnodar region, 5 August 2022 – The Phanagoria archaeological expedition, which is conducting excavations in the Black Sea region along the Taman Peninsula with support from Oleg Deripaska’s Volnoe Delo Foundation, has discovered a horde of Bosporan coins dating to the 6th century AD. This and similar finds on the Taman Peninsula allow archaeologists to make a rough estimate of the standards of living of the medieval inhabitants of the Black Sea coast and conclude that the savings of ordinary citizens were enough to last them up to one month.

Burial analysis shows she traveled between present-day Denmark and Southern Germany during the Bronze Age.

Archaeologists are uncovering a large, complex Roman villa in the town where tradition holds the great Roman poet Horace lived.

Site yields artifacts, architectural materials from the Etruscan period.