Akra (Ancient Greek: Ἄκρα) was an ancient Greek city at the Cimmerian Bosporus. The city is now underwater at the Kerch Strait, near the Naberezhne village in Crimea.[1][2] It was flooded as a result of the transgression of the Black Sea and is now almost entirely immersed in the sea, with the exception of a small section at the Yanysh lake.[2]
It was founded in the late 6th BC by Nymphaeum or Panticapaeum and was part of the Kingdom of Bosporus until the beginning of the 4th AD.[2][3] It was an important place for anchoring and trade.[4]
The layers of the Roman and the Late Hellenistic periods are destroyed by the waves but the early Hellenistic and Classical periods layers are intact. The city had well-developed fortifications, including walls and towers. The underwater research has revealed many archaeological findings including coins, amphoras, terracottas, buildings and personal objects.[1][4]
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edit- ^ a b The Ancient Submerged City of Akra in the Cimmerian Bosporus, Sergey Solovyev, Viktor Vakhoneev, 2018, Skyllis
- ^ a b c Underwater Archaeological Expedition on Ancient Town Akra in 2012 (Eastern Crimea), Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, State Hermitage Museum
- ^ Crimean Atlantis, Russian Geographical Society
- ^ a b Archaeological Excavations on the Chora of Akra, Sergey Solovyev, 2008
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