Complex "Scythian state" , Zaporizhzhia

Historic area

Museum / gallery

Archaeological site

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General information about Complex "Scythian state" (Zaporizhzhia)

The Scythian Estate Memorial and Tourist Complex is located on the highest point of the island of Khortytsia (59 m above the level of the Dnieper), which is crowned by the largest of the preserved Khortytsia mounds "Zorova Mohyla". A copy of a sculpture of a Scythian warrior is installed on the mound. At the beginning. XX century on the island of Khortytsia there were 129 mounds. Of the 28 cemeteries that once belonged to the Zorova Mohyla mound group, only 3 have survived. Area. The open-air museum has collected many stone artifacts: a millstone (symbol of prosperity and fertility), a skating rink or a threshing floor (a device for threshing grain), stupas (for crushing grain), statues, anthropomorphic stelae, and others.

Practical information about Complex "Scythian state" (Zaporizhzhia)

Last update

11/26/2021

Categories	Historic area, Museum / gallery, Archaeological site
Date of foundation	III-II millennium BC
Address	Khortytsia island, Zorova Mohyla tract Zaporizhzhia
Coordinates	47.8125817° N, 35.1123691° E Coordinates copied
Phone	+380 95 914 7706, +380 96 254 1209,
Email	zapovidnik@ukr.net
Official site	https://ostriv.org/tourist/svj...