Taman Peninsula
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The Taman Peninsula is a peninsula in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, which borders the Sea of Azov to the north, the Kerch Strait to the west and the Black Sea to the south.
A typical mud volcano near the village of Taman
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Bronze Axe, 6th century BC, Taman peninsula, as of 2014[update] at the Hermitage Museum
Bosporan Kingdom
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The Bosporan Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus
Taman Peninsula
…as did the later city of Tmutarakan. The Maeotae and Sindi settled in the area from ancient times. In the classical period it became part of the Bosporan kingdom; its inhabitants included Sarmatians, Greeks, Anatolian settlers from Pontus, and Jews. In the 4th century CE the area fell to the Huns; it was later…
Circa 400 BC. Silver Diobol coin from the kingdom of Sindica (13mm, 1.03 gm, 3h), which became a part of the Bosporan Kingdom. Griffin seated right; barley grain before / ΣΙΝΔΩΝ, horsehead right, all in incuse square.
Sindi warrior typical of the levy troops found in both armies
Pottery vessel in the shape of Aphrodite inside a shell; from Attica, Classical Greece, discovered in the Phanagoria cemetery, Taman Peninsula (Bosporan Kingdom, southern Russia), 1st quarter of 4th century BC, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
Bosporan Phiale (top view), 4th century BC