Panticapaeum

ancient Greek city and capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, located in modern Kerch, Crimea
Organization archaeological_site Q906661
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Summary

Panticapaeum is an archaeological site[1]. Panticapaeum ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Panticapaeum is located in Kerch[3].
  • Panticapaeum is located in Bosporan Kingdom[4].
  • Panticapaeum is in the country of Ukraine[5].
  • Panticapaeum is in the country of Russia[6].
  • Panticapaeum is in the country of Bosporan Kingdom[7].
  • Panticapaeum's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[8].
  • Panticapaeum's instance of is recorded as polis[9].
  • Panticapaeum's instance of is recorded as ancient city[10].
  • Panticapaeum's instance of is recorded as Greek colony[11].
  • Panticapaeum's Commons category is recorded as Panticapaeum[12].
  • 600 BC marks the founding of Panticapaeum[13].
  • Panticapaeum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.35083333, 'lon': 36.46861111}[14].
  • Panticapaeum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.338611, 'lon': 36.468056}[15].
  • Panticapaeum's significant event is recorded as Пантикапейское землетрясение[16].
  • Panticapaeum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Panticapaeum[17].
  • Panticapaeum's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18].
  • Panticapaeum's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[19].
  • Panticapaeum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Panticapaeum's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Panticapaeum's described by source is recorded as Q25851636[22].
  • Panticapaeum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
  • Panticapaeum's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[24].
  • Panticapaeum's capital of is recorded as Bosporan Kingdom[25].
  • Panticapaeum's heritage designation is recorded as State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine[26].
  • Panticapaeum's heritage designation is recorded as federal cultural heritage site in Russia[27].

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Founding

600 BC marks the founding of Panticapaeum[13].

Why It Matters

Panticapaeum ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (449 views/month).[2] Panticapaeum has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Panticapaeum is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Nomisma. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 28
    Inception → -0600-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
    Wikipedia languages → ['as', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'crh', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 9w ago · Younforet · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → ancient Greek city and capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, located in modern Kerch,
    Instance of → archaeological site, polis, ancient city +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: ancient city"
  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced → —
    Biblissima authority id → Thatta
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27212, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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