08-12-2012, 10:38 PM
Quote:Was the city Helis and the goddess Helia?
Did you mean the Thracian city of Helis? No, Bulgaria wasn't part of the USSR.
Quote:So instead I'll guess Chersonesos...
No, Nathan.
Quote:Nymphaion (Kerch peninsula)? (Just a guess, really. :-? )
Bingo! It is Nymphaion where the fresco with a famous graffito of an oared warship was found in 1982 (now in The State Hermitage Museum, SPb). The name of the goddess ΙΣΙΣ is inscribed on the ship's bow. Over to you, Duncan.
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