Phanagoria, the Russian Atlantis
Phanagoria, the Russian Atlantis: still unexplained.
The capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, a third of it under the bay
On a peninsula between two seas stood Phanagoria, once the greatest Greek city of the eastern Black Sea and capital of the Bosporan kings. The water has taken a third of it; the rest waits on land. Divers in the bay bring up amphorae, marble, and the foundations of quays, the underwater half of one of the largest archaeological sites in Russia, where the sea and the dig meet at the shoreline.
- Pin down the most specific last-known position in the record before going; the search centers on Taman Peninsula, Black Sea, Russia.
- What you are chasing is The capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, a third of it under the bay. Work the documented record of Phanagoria, the Russian Atlantis back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore.
- Russian state archaeological site, underwater work by permitted expeditions only.
What remains open
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.
- Pin down the most specific last-known position in the record before going; the search centers on Taman Peninsula, Black Sea, Russia.
- What you are chasing is The capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, a third of it under the bay. Work the documented record of Phanagoria, the Russian Atlantis back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore.
- Russian state archaeological site, underwater work by permitted expeditions only.
- Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
- Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
- Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.
Have a source, a map, or a clipping? Add a lead and it enters the record with its citation.
- Phanagoria, the Russian Atlantis · archive record · tertiary · encyclopedia
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