It corresponds with the present-day boundaries of the Strait of Kerch.
Phanagoria was established on the coast of the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia, along the Black Sea. Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old burial of a priestess from an Aphrodite cult in the ancient necropolis of Phanagoria in Russia, as well as a warrior’s burial, complete with a cache of artifacts and ornate sword.
