Archaeological excavations of Gorgippia (1960-1969)

View of one of the archaeological excavations at the site of the ancient city of Gorgippia in Anapa, archaeologists at work.

Panorama of part of the underground passage in the basement of one of the houses.

Panorama of cleared stone slabs, one of the members of the archaeological expedition walks along the slabs.

View of excavated basements of houses, archaeologists at work.

Clearing one of the surviving basements (top, panorama), archaeologists take measurements of part of the excavation.

Panorama of the excavated basement with a surviving stone well (top), archaeologists cleaning the stones with brushes.

Cleaning the well stones from sand and earth, view of the surviving steps of the staircase leading to the basement (top).

View of one of the basements of the house during clearing.

Archaeologists with shovels in one of the excavations of Gorgippia.

Excavations.

Archaeologists extract a discovered piece of tableware from the ground.

Finds in the hands of archaeologists, faces of archaeologists discussing one of the finds.

Face of one of the archaeologists, drawing the outline of a found tool on paper.

Wrapping discovered archaeological finds in paper.

Archaeologists cleaning dust from the steps of a staircase in the preserved basement of a house.

Cleaning soil from discovered shards.

View of the camp of an archaeological expedition on the edge of a pine forest.

Treatment of found fragments of an ancient amphora with a strengthening compound.