2,000-year-old bull-shaped ceramic vase shocks archaeology world

A rare bull-shaped artifact from ancient Rome has been unearthed. Its unusual shape has sparked theories about ancient rituals.

The Frontovoye 3 cemetery, located near Sevastopol (a port city in the southwest of the Crimean Peninsula in the northern Black Sea), has attracted archaeological attention in recent years, with important archaeological discoveries. Photo: @Kurchatov Institute.

Here, experts from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences excavated 332 ancient tombs. Of these, 328 tombs date back to ancient Roman times. Photo: @Kurchatov Institute.

Recently, while excavating at the Frontovoye 3 cemetery, experts from Russia's Kurchatov Institute unexpectedly found a strange artifact. Photo: @Kurchatov Institute.

In-depth archaeological exploration and analysis techniques showed that it was a unique male bull-shaped vase. Photo: @Kurchatov Institute.

This artifact is estimated to date from the ancient Roman period (around the end of the 1st century - beginning of the 5th century AD). Photo: @Kurchatov Institute.

The ceramic vase is designed in the shape of a bull: the animal lies with its legs curled up under the vase, its head facing the viewer. The vase body is stylized, its face is carved in sharp detail. Photo: @Kurchatov Institute.

Below is a rectangular base. Archaeologists believe this position represents the bull before sacrifice, and the base of the vase may have been some kind of altar. Photo: @Kurchatov Institute.

Archaeologists believe that this unique artifact has ritual significance and may have originated in Anatolia. Photo: @Kurchatov Institute.

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