funerary

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a teenage girl named Annion was laid to rest in an inscribed marble funerary monument in the necropolis outside Tauric Chersonesos, surrounded by the possessions of a privileged life cut tragically short after only eighteen years. Her treasures – including gold jewelry, cosmetics, and other personal objects - were placed beside her in the tomb, perhaps intended to preserve her beauty and status beyond death. Now, after surviving remarkably intact for two millennia, Annion’s burial offers an intimate glimpse into the life, identity, and funerary traditions of a young woman living in Roman-period Tauric Chersonesos, the centuries-old Greek city on the Black Sea. Viktor Vakhoneev and the IHMC RAS Introduce Annion’s Tomb Following the large-scale 2021-2023