At Cape Plaka in the Crimea, underwater archaeologists found ancient anchors and wreckage of ships

An underwater expedition led by a researcher and a participant in a special military operation, Sergei Ivanov, discovered ancient anchors in a ship parking lot near Cape Plaka. This was reported on the air of the TV channel “Crimea 24” by the Director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Crimea, Doctor of Historical Sciences Vadim Maiko.

According to the scientist, this site served navigators for several centuries from the early Middle Ages to the late, that is, from about VII to XIII-XIV centuries. In addition to ceramic products, experts found fragments of ancient ships.

Maiko noted that the underwater work took place in difficult conditions, but the researchers still managed to make a number of unique finds.

The archaeological season of 2026 in Crimea, despite the difficulties, was rich. According to Vadim Maiko, director of the Institute of Archaeology of Crimea, ten expeditions worked, five of them from the institute; eight groups continued research at the time of summing up interim results.

Among the unique finds of the season is the burial of a Sarmatian nomad in a mound near the village of Nikolaevka and a silver medallion with the image of Medusa Gorgon II century, found on the Chatyr-Dag plateau.

Maiko also noted that every archaeological find requires the right “interrogation”: it is important not only to find the artifact, but also to fix the conditions of its occurrence, which allows you to obtain new data about the past.