It is a fact we have always known that ancient settlement existed on the territory of the fortress - Ovidiopol that we could see and even touch...
"Provіantskoy magazein" - that is how marked the second "n" shaped building in the fortress, on the plan of 1794, a "mirror reflection" of the barracks building that we recently found...
On almost on every of the numerous tours to the new Ovidiopil fortress we hear the same question: "Well, what is this little earthen fortress? Comparing to the Belgorod-Dniester it is even somehow not serious...". It has been noticed, by the way, . Back in 1839 Nicholas Nadezhdin, in his "Walk on Bessarabia", said: "This (Ovidiopol-Adzhider) was a house of cards in compare with the opposite stronghold Ackermann." Although immediately answered this question: "“The strength is not in stones”, And he was absolutely right ...
As it is known, 160 soldiers were first sent for construction of the Ovidiopol fortress, and then there were constantly quartered up to four infantry battalions, plus "loyal" Cossacks. It is therefore quite natural that the main building in the fortress (along with the arsenal-warehouse) was the barracks.
We did not find analogues therefore are proud of our innovation in the museum business. In the Lower Dniester archaeological expedition eXteam - established a Field Museum exhibit. Right next to the excavation! So that the most "flashy" finds that flashed under a shovel, in a day or two were already on display.
Past Sunday an archaeological expedition 53 camp hosted guests from Odessa. Representatives from key travel companies in our city visited Lower Dniester expedition to see the willingness of scientists to host tourists...
High left bank of the Dniester estuary, Ovidiopol`s margin. Steppe, sun, stuffiness, somewhere in the south-west, above the sea grumbles storm. We are in the camp in Lower Dniester archaeological expedition.
From July 2, will be established a constant traffic from Odessa to the excavations of the fortress Adzhider. The bus will wait for all registered tourists every morning at 9.00 am on the Kulikovo field (at the corner of Srednefontanskaya and Pirogovskaja).
Exteam company has many years of experience in the archaeology, but in the tourists service we are taking our first steps. Of course, lots was thought out in advance, for example we took the experience of other similar projects, but this is not the key to success in a particular area with its unique characteristics.
Expedition 53 from laying the first test pits moved to the larger technique - laying of long trenches. The change of tactics paid off immediately. In one of the excavations were found the remains of two largest buildings, which were located inside the fortress. The first building - is the store (in modern terms - land warehouse), the second - are barracks.