Description of the attraction
The settlement Kara-Tobe is located on the outskirts of the city of Saki. In ancient times, this place was home to a thriving Greek settlement, probably founded in the 4th century. BC NS. According to some scholars, it was called Evpatorion.
In the II century. BC NS. the Scythians drove the Greeks from the Kara-Tobe hill and founded their own settlement here. However, after a while the Scythians, in turn, were defeated by the commander Diophantus, and the Greeks returned to the town. The bitter experience of previous wars forced them to erect a powerful stone wall around the settlement. In the center of the city, on a hill, a two-storey square tower, the donjon, was built. In the middle of the 1st century. BC NS. the Scythians again subdued the northwestern Crimea.
On the site of the Greek fortress, a Late Scythian settlement appeared. In the middle of the 1st century. n. NS. The Scythians once again quarreled with the Chersonesites, and soon the Roman troops of Tiberius Plautius Sylvanus, called to help the inhabitants of the city, appear in Tavrika. Probably, one of the Roman detachments landed on the shore near Kara-Tobe. The inhabitants of the settlement fled in panic from their homes, and a Roman garrison settled in their place, one of its soldiers buried a treasure of silver coins nearby, which was accidentally discovered in 1956.
However, the Romans did not stay long at this place. At the end of the 1st century. here the Scythians reappear. Their small village existed at the very top of the hill for several more decades. At the beginning of the II century. the inhabitants finally leave Kara-Tobe, probably out of fear of the Sarmatians who invaded the Crimea.
In 2000, on the basis of the archaeological excavations of Kara-Tobe, the International Center for Experimental Archeology and Innovative Pedagogy "Kara-Tobe" was established. Most of the museum's exhibits are archaeological finds from the excavations of the settlement and the Scythian necropolis. Good preservation of Greek black-glazed and red-lacquered dishes, "Megarian" bowls of exquisite work. Scythian ceramics are displayed nearby.
The museum exposition contains unique and rare exhibits. These include a plaster cast from an antique silver vessel, apparently belonging to a Roman jeweler.
Among the exhibits on the second floor of the museum are widely presented women's jewelry: beads, earrings, rings, rings, amulets, brooches, bracelets, etc. There are also fragments of terracotta sculptures. A separate stand is dedicated to the armament of the Scythian warriors. The exposition shows arrowheads, spears, darts, etc. Two floors of the museum are crowned with an observation deck, from where a beautiful panorama opens up.
