Located on the slope of the Dniester estuary Niconium sometimes called "Odessa Atlantis" - the beginning of last century, the lower terrace of the city, its richest areas, collapsed in the estuary. The ancient harbor is located on the bottom at 100 meters from the modern beach!
Today is a dead policy again threatening barbarians. However, instead of Scythian bows and swords-akinak they were armed with metal detectors and geoskanerami for finding coins, weapons, jewelry and valuable ceramics to a depth of 10 meters. After the attacks of "black" workers of the Odessa museum can only pick up what disdained by criminals. In search of treasure hunters destroy property foundations of ancient buildings, mixed layers belonging to different eras, and artifacts dig themselves out of historical context, "killing" 90%of their value as a historical source. "The same coin archaeologist interested only in the case, if you know the place and the layer in which she was found. Without this anchor, it will not say anything ", - said Sekerskaya.
In the looting of priceless monument to participate as citizens Roxolan, which is almost the only income, and visiting hunters. In this case, black archeologists have believed Niconium their property and even ... attack university staff and guests from Poland (together with Odessites excavation involved students and teachers of Torun University Copernicus). "At the Poles once incited the dogs" - to share with us one of the participants. According Sekerskaya, damage Nikonia just this summer, more than the most rough estimates, one million hryvnia. A couple of years and the policy would be nothing left.
Numerous statements to the police are inconclusive: police managers have simply put them under the carpet or entrust to understand the district, which has neither the desire nor the ability to fully protect the cultural heritage. "At one time, helping regional administrations, paid guard, but now this is not", - complains leader of the expedition.
Meanwhile, in oblUVD claim that they know nothing about the looting of the monument. "And anyway, we dig do not do" - said the head of our DSP control Viktor Miroshnichenko.
Archaeologists believe the deal with the robbers is impossible without changes in legislation. Needs to tighten sanctions against vandals and create in the internal affairs special forces to protect cultural heritage monuments, as did the Greeks, Italians and Romanians. But most importantly - we need political will, now is not observed. "Moreover, the first face of the country de facto encourage black archeology, gathering a collection of artifacts illegally harvested," - said the director of the Odessa branch of the Institute of Archaeology NAS Tatiana Samoilova.
According to her, from the activities of "black" suffers all the archaeological sites of the area. "I do not think that we have stayed at least one nerazgrablenny mound" - she says.
ANTIQUITY RETAIL AND WHOLESALE. According to experts, in recent years, prices for antiques in Ukraine and abroad have risen by about half. If previously found in good condition, bronze arrowhead early Scythian epoch was worth on the black market 30-40 hryvnia, then now is cheaper than 70 USD you do not buy this item. But the tips - it is abundant material, and therefore, like small coin (such as olviyskie dolphins) are at bargain prices. Other artifacts are much more expensive. Thus, it is a whole (as they say, archaeologists discovered in situ) antique amphora pull to 3-5 thousand hryvnia. A small black-lacquer vessel with a list - 5-6 thousand. A little gold fibula (clasp for the cloak) Hun era sold at a local Internet auctions with a starting price of 12 thousand hryvnia!
HEART Tyra and crossings for Darius. Because of the professional treasure hunters, archaeologists do not like to talk about their discoveries. Fear that the criminals read the newspapers about the exciting discoveries, attacked with triple forces of the already spotted with predatory pits and trenches built. In addition, researchers are afraid of competition from the academic world who are dreaming, as if to steal their achievements. In general, the pull nuggets of information from the gray-haired servants of Clio is very difficult. But something that we have. So, Tatiana Samoilova, who runs an expedition in the ancient Tyre (Belgorod-Dniester), said that this summer its wards for the first time defeated a large excavation inside the Akkerman Fortress (previously there were just doing small reconnaissance pits, basically the same work was carried out for the walls). And immediately came upon the remains of some buildings, according to the architecture, the public. "The biggest mystery Tyra - that's what decades of research, we found only residential buildings. No church, no civilian buildings, except the Roman veksillyatsii (barracks, which housed the garrison - Auth.) - He says. - Archaeologist Ernst Stern believed that the central part of town was what is now the garrison courtyard of the fortress. That's where we found the mentioned structure. " Archaeologist does not exclude that the expedition has opened Tyrian agora (market square in the ancient Greek polis, a place of Common assembly. Usually was surrounded by commercial and public buildings).
In addition, scientists discovered that the Dniester estuary remains of an ancient quarry with stone slabs, proving that Tyre was made of local rather than imported materials.
No less promising excavation, which for years has sat at the Danube Orlovka Reni district director of the Archaeological Museum Igor Bruyako. Orlovka (formerly known as Kartal) - unique in every sense of the monument. Firstly, it is almost the only place in Ukraine, where people have lived continuously with mednokamennogo Age (Chalcolithic) until the late Middle Ages, that is five thousand years! Secondly, in Orlovka area located conveniently ferry, which had been used at different times of the Persian king Darius I - when I went to the march of the Scythians, the Roman emperor Valens II during the war with the Goths, the Turkish sultan Bayezid II, the Ottoman Empire, Moldavia, Bessarabia and Crimea, and finally the Russian Tsar Nicholas I, who started with Orlovka campaign against the Turks occupied the Balkans.
Recent years, archaeologists have examined under Kartaly burial VIII century BC, left, is likely to Illyrians - Indo-European population of the northern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The cemetery, says Professor Bruyako quite large - 250 burials. Excavating them, scientists have found a lot of things. "From the latest discoveries - interesting adobe altar with borders. A couple of years ago unearthed the burial of the child. On his hands were bronze bracelets, and clothing decorated with 4,000 shells "- the director of the museum.
GRAVE Radetsky. But the most serious discovery was made this summer in Odessa. Group of volunteers and archaeologists found in the park Illich (out on the site destroyed by Stalin, 1 Christian cemetery), the tomb of the hero of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1879, the Fyodor Radetsky. Crypt of the general, who were identified by a granite monument fragments, found 10 meters from the exploded Bolsheviks All Saints Church.
The monument, depicted in pre-revolutionary postcards, which are 5-meter cliff of red granite, symbolizing the mountain of St. Nicholas on Shipka (defense Shipka Pass glorified Radetsky). On the cliff, leaning on the Orthodox cross, stood a bronze Radetsky in ancient garb of a warrior with a drawn sword in his hand. The monument was surrounded by 12 granite pedestals with imperial eagles, which violated the captured Turkish cannons. As a church, a monument Radetzky be restored.
As a church, a monument Radetzky be restored. However, when and at whose expense, as yet unknown. City Council deputy Valentin Dubovenko, on whose initiative were conducted excavations, told the "Today" that he intends to create a fund that will collect funds. "Generally, we are coordinating our actions with the churchmen. They gather in the coming months to put near the former church wooden chapel. During the construction we zakonserviruem grave. Then, when the chapel appears, set the memorial stone of the crypt and start looking for money. Perhaps, we turn to the Russians and the Bulgarians - Radetzky because he fought for the independence of Bulgaria ", - said Dubovenko.
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27.09.2010, 01:45
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