Kara-Tobe mound is located on the outskirts of the town of Saky. In ancient times there was a thriving Greek settlement, probably founded in the 4th century BC. According to some scholars, it was called Eupatorion.
In the 2nd century BC, the Scythians expelled the Greeks from the Kara-Tobe hill and founded their own settlement here. and established their own settlement there. However, after some time, the Scythians in turn were defeated by the general Diophantos, and the Greeks returned to the town. The bitter experience of the previous wars forced them to build a strong stone wall around the settlement. In the centre of the town, on a hill, a two-storey square tower - a donjon - was built. In the middle of the 1st century BC the Scythians again subjugated north-western Crimea.
A late Scythian settlement appears on the site of the Greek fortress. In the middle of the 1st century AD the Scythians once again quarrelled with the Chersonesites, and soon the Roman troops of Tiberius appeared in Taurica Roman troops of Tiberius Plautius Silvanus appeared in Taurica. by the people of the city. It's likely that one of the Roman troops landed near Kara-Tobe. near Cara Tobe. The inhabitants of the settlement fled in panic, and a Roman garrison and a Roman garrison took their place, one of their soldiers buried a hoard of silver coins. of silver coins, discovered by chance in 1956.
However, the Romans did not stay at the site for long. At the end of the 1st century the Scythians the Scythians reappeared here. Their small settlement existed on the very top of the hill for several decades. for another few decades. At the beginning of the 2nd century, the inhabitants finally left the place Kara-Tobe, probably out of fear of the Sarmatians who invaded Crimea.
Kara-Tobe International Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Innovative Pedagogy was established on the basis of Kara-Tobe archaeological excavations in 2000. The majority of the museum's exhibits are archaeological finds from the excavations of the Kara-Tobe settlement and the Scythian settlement. of the settlement and the Scythian necropolis. Greek black-lacquered and Greek black-lacquer and red-lacquer ware, "Megarian" bowls of fine workmanship. Scythian pottery Scythian ceramics.
There are unique and rare exhibits in the museum exposition. These include a plaster cast of an antique silver vessel, apparently belonging to a Roman jeweller. to a Roman jeweller.
Among the exhibits of the first floor of the museum are quite widely represented female jewellery: beads, earrings, earrings, jewellery. jewellery: beads, earrings, rings, finger rings, amulets, brooches, bracelets and others. Here There are also fragments of terracotta sculpture. A separate stand is devoted to the armament of Scythian warriors. The exposition shows arrowheads, spearheads, darts and so on. Two floors of the museum are crowned by an observation deck, from where a beautiful panorama opens up.
