| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:ancient_city 
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                                | gptkbp:archaeologicalSite | Tanais Archaeological Reserve Museum 
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                                | gptkbp:destroyedBy | 5th century CE 
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                                | gptkbp:excavatedBy | gptkb:19th_century Russian archaeologists
 
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                                | gptkbp:foundedBy | gptkb:Greeks 
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                                | gptkbp:foundedIn | late 3rd century BCE 
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                                | gptkbp:hasRuins | gptkb:cemetery gptkb:city
 temples
 houses
 
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                                | gptkbp:inhabitedBy | gptkb:Greeks gptkb:Sarmatians
 
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                                | gptkbp:languageEvidence | Greek inscriptions Latin inscriptions
 Sarmatian inscriptions
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:Russia gptkb:Rostov_Oblast
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedNear | gptkb:Don_River 
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                                | gptkbp:mentionedIn | gptkb:Ptolemy gptkb:Strabo
 Pliny the Elder
 
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                                | gptkbp:nearby | Nedvigovka 
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                                | gptkbp:openToPublic | yes 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:Bosporan_Kingdom 
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                                | gptkbp:servedAs | gptkb:Town 
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                                | gptkbp:tradedOn | gptkb:Greeks gptkb:Romans
 gptkb:ceramics
 gptkb:fish
 gptkb:wheat
 gptkb:wine
 gptkb:Sarmatians
 gptkb:Scythians
 metals
 textiles
 slaves
 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list | 1996 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | tentative 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Bosporan_Kingdom gptkb:Greek_colonies
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Tanais 
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