World History and Culture: "The Magic of Bosporus" exhibition from the collections of the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve presented in Yekaterinburg

The Museum and Exhibition Centre "House of the Poklevsky-Kozells Family'' of the Onesime Clerc Sverdlovsk Local Lore Museum presents "The Magic of the Bosporus'' exhibition. The exposition is devoted to the heritage of the Bosporan Kingdom from the collections of the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve.

Visitors will learn about the heritage of the first state on the territory of Russia, which occupied the lands of the present Kerch and Taman peninsulas. The Bosporan Kingdom, which existed for over 1000 years, is a remarkable phenomenon of antiquity. On the one hand, it was closely connected with the ancient world. On the other hand, it played a progressive role in the historical, socio-economic and cultural development of many peoples who inhabited the Northern Black Sea region in the second half of the 1st century BC - 1st century AD.

The Kerch Peninsula had always been a place of fierce conflicts between different cultures and peoples. But it is also the site where the unique Greco-Scythian culture appeared, which became an integral part of Bosporan history.

The Kerch land, rich in archaeological finds, provided the leading museums of Europe with world-famous rarities. They based antique collections of the State Hermitage Museum, the State Historical Museum, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

The exhibition features over 300 items dating back to the 6th century BC - 1st century BC. It presents painted and black-glazed vessels, amphorae, bronze kyathos, brass mirrors, cowrie shells, arrowheads, ritual containers, women's gold jewellery.

The unique exhibits are items from the Three Brothers burial complex, discovered in 1965 by archaeologists of the Kerch Museum on the outskirts of the necropolis of the ancient city of Nymphea.

Also, the exhibition showcases terracotta statuettes from the sanctuary at the ancient settlement Polyanka (the place for various mysteries and rituals) and graffiti on lead plates.

These items illustrate the occult beliefs of the ancient Bosporan people and the possible causes of conflicts between people.