Nimfeĭ (Ukraine
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Nimfeĭ (Ukraine : Extinct city)
Other forms of name
Nymphaeum (Ukraine : Extinct city)
nne Nymphaion Site (Ukraine)
Coordinates
36.4175 36.4175 45.2366 45.2366 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing place name
Ukraine
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q287522
Library of congress:
sh 00001155
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 00349599: Grach, N.L. Nekropolʹ Nimfei͡a, 1999.
- 00296711: Archaeological map of Nymphaion (Crimea), 1999:p. 11 (a small but important Greek colony on the western shore of the Kerch Strait; probably founded in the 6th century B.C.)
- Ukr. rad. ent͡s.:p. 386, v. 7 (Nimfeĭ, ancient Greek town on the western shore of Kerch Strait)
- Encyc. of Ukr., 1993:v. 3, p. 640 (Nymphaeum; ancient Greek city in Crimea, 17 km. south of Kerch)
Wikipedia description:
Nýmphaion (Greek: Νύμφαιον, Latin: Nymphaeum), also known as Nymphaion on the Pontus (Ancient Greek: Νύμφαιον τὸ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ), was a significant centre of the Bosporan Kingdom, situated on the Crimean shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Today it is located near the resort town Heroivske. It lies at a distance of about 14 kilometers south of Kerch, which was the site of ancient Panticapaeum.
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