File:Склеп Деметры.JPG

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A Greek fresco depicting the goddess Demeter, from Panticapaeum in the ancient Bosporan Kingdom (a client state of the Roman Empire), 1st century AD, Crimea.

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This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine, number: 01-112-0008
English: A Greek fresco depicting the goddess Demeter, from Panticapaeum in the ancient Bosporan Kingdom (a client state of the Roman Empire), 1st century AD, Crimea. The following quotation is provided by The Perseus Catalog (Tufts University, the University of Leipzig), extracted from Stillwell, Richard, MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland (1976). "PANTIKAPAION (Kerch) Bosporus," in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press.

The funerary architecture is monumental: a succession of kurgans 4th c. B.C.-2d c. A.D.—the Golden Kurgan, Royal Kurgan, Kul Oba and Melek Cesme—show the complete evolution of this type of tumulus tomb...The Demeter kurgan, which dates from the 1st c. A.D., is much smaller than these and has a well-preserved fresco. In the center of the cupola is a medallion containing the head of Demeter. A frieze on the walls represents Pluto, Demeter, the nymph Calypso, and Hermes. The frescos in still later tombs show mainly battle scenes, gradually giving way to more schematic, geometric designs. The rich grave gifts in the tombs indicate the wealth of the city and its inhabitants.

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