Neapolis Scythica

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ancient city archaeological site former populated place

Neapolis Scythica was an ancient city that served as the political and cultural center of the Late Scythian civilization in the northern Black Sea region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Neapolis Scythica canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ former populated place ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavation	19th century excavations ⓘ 20th century excavations ⓘ 21st century excavations ⓘ
capitalOf	Late Scythian kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ukraine ⓘ
culture	Late Scythian ⓘ Scythian ⓘ
destroyedIn	3rd century CE ⓘ
floruit	1st century BCE ⓘ 1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century BCE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century BCE ⓘ
function	cultural center of the Late Scythians ⓘ political center of the Late Scythians ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf	Greek trade contacts ⓘ Roman trade contacts ⓘ local steppe traditions ⓘ
hasFortification	city walls ⓘ towers ⓘ
hasPart	acropolis ⓘ necropolis ⓘ public buildings ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ sanctuaries ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected archaeological monument ⓘ
knownFor	Hellenistic architectural influences ⓘ mixed Scythian-Greek material culture ⓘ royal Scythian tombs ⓘ stone funerary stelae ⓘ
languageEvidence	Greek inscriptions ⓘ Scythian anthroponyms ⓘ
locatedIn	Crimean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Taurica NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Black Sea region ⓘ
namedAfter	Neapolis (Greek for “new city”) NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	modern city of Simferopol ⓘ
partOf	Late Scythian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionEvidence	Greco-Scythian syncretic cults ⓘ Scythian religious practices ⓘ
timePeriod	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Late Scythian kingdom → hasCapital → Neapolis Scythica ⓘ

Late Scythian kingdom → hasArchaeologicalSite → Neapolis Scythica ⓘ