Discovery sheds light on medieval Kiev
Discovery sheds light on medieval Kiev
Posted by TANN 5:00 PM
When archaeologists performed a routine check on a construction site in central Kiev in late February, they were astonished to discover a medieval street hidden seven meters underground.
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Archaeologists from the Kiev Center of Archaeology dig out a 11th-13th century street on Poshtova Square in Kiev on March 10.
The unique findings s how that ancient Kiev was bigger than historians had presumed (Credit: © Anastasia Vlasova/Kyiv Post)
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The remains of the wooden buildings that date back to Kievan Rus were found at the mall construction site at Poshtova Square in the Podil neighborhood near the Dnipro River.
The finding generated excitement among archaeologists and the general public.
“Podil is very well studied, which is why everyone was very surprised when we first saw the fragments of the 12th century wooden fence and house," says Ivan Zotsenko, one of the archaeologists working on the spot.
During the past three weeks, the team of nine archaeologists dug out several wooden fences, the foundation of a wooden house, coins, beads, pots and one amphora – all estimated to date back to the 11th-13th centuries.
“It looks like we dug out a fragment of a densely populated medieval street," says Zotsenko. “These findings demonstrate that people lived on the bank of Dnipro River already during Kievan Rus times. It means that Kiev territory was bigger than we used to think."
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