

Map of medieval Novgorod. Bottom left, the Nerevsky excavation site, where Professor Artemy Artsikhovsky's expedition unearthed a medieval birch-bark letter, the first ever found in the world, in 1951. Top right, the Ilyinsky excavation site, where Valentin Yanin's expedition unearthed a Novgorodian cameo of the 12th or 13th century in the 1960s.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Russia
- Event date: 01.01.1967
- Date published: 08.09.2010
- Author: RIA Novosti
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: R67-4355, 6x8 film
- Media: JPEG, 5012x3465px, 3.4Mb