19 burial sites were investigated during 2007-2008 in Olbia (area \“Necropolis\”) at the excavation sites Northern Cape 1, Northern Cape 2, Pig Farm). Among them, there are 11 chamber tombs, , 1 undercut grave, while all the rest areearthen tombs. Almost all the burial complexes were looted and destroyed. The only exception is a burial inside a pit No. 5 (2007).
Two burials (one is inside a pit, another one in a chamber tomb) are dated to the Classical period, seven (including five chamber tombs, an undercut grave and a soil pit) – to the Hellenistic Era, one burial (a large earthen grave with additional construction elements) – to the transitional between the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and four chamber tombs – to the Roman period. The dates of other graves cannot be identified due to their damage.
Two objects on the excavation site Northern Cape 2 (a soil pit and a superficial earthen burial) are dated to the IV century BC. Among the more important finds are a red-figure lekythos and an open- black-glazed vessel.
The burial No. 10 (2007) – is a chamber-tomb oriented along a line north-east – The chamber and part of dromos were preserved, separated by rough masonry. Another part of dromos was destroyed because of further burials. A red-figure lekythos with palmette decoration, a Chios black-glazed cup , and an iron knife were found inside the chamber. The complex dates to the first half of IV century BC.
A pit burial No. 5 (2007) is oriented along the line east – west. The remains of a reed mat were found under the skeleton across the whole area of the pit. Under it there was a wooden formation. Along the perimeter of the reed mat there were 12 bronze nails. The person was buried lying on his back head to the east, possibly in a wooden coffin. The remains of lime coating and red dye were discovered nearby. Beside the skeleton there was a red-figure lekythos with palmette decoration and a black-glazed calix. The burial dates to the IV century BC.
The complexes attributed to the Hellenistic Era were revealed at the excavation sites the Northern Cape 2 (findings mixed up with items of the Roman Era) and the Northern Cape 1 (a dense group in the south-eastern part). The earthen crypts No. 6 (2002), 12 and 14 (2005) belong to the same group.
Burial No.8 (2007), attributed to the Hellenistic period, is something between an undercut grave and a crypt. Inside the chambers some fragmentary human bones fragments were found.
During the excavations in 2007 at the North Cape 2 the excavation of chamber No. 3 (2006) continued. Inside the chamber four skeletons were found, they were lying on their back, head to the northwest. One of them was in a wooden coffin, others – on reed mats. In the southeastern corner of the chamber a horse skull was identified. A painted pelike, fragments of black glazed kantharos (with a slip, the III century BC.), an iron knife blade, a bronze earring, a fragment of a bone spindle, 23 beads (including those of paste, polychrome, amber, jet), ceramic votive bread, cowrie shell and five bronze coins (one of Rhodes, four of Olbia, 180-170 years BC.) were found near the skeletons and in the fill of the chamber.
Inside chamber No. 9, with a stone lining (2006-2007, the Northern Cape 2) the scientists revealed burials of two adults and an infant. Fragments of an iron product, a glass alabastron, five glass beads, an iron knife (with the remnants of a handle), a bronze ring with a laminated plate, two clay spindles, tetrahedral stone grindstone with a hole, a bronze trilobate arrowhead with a broken tip and two round bronze Olbian coins dated to 180-170 years BC. were found near the skeletons.
The earthen crypt No. 6 was investigated at the excavation site Northern Cape 1 (dates to the III century BC.). Inside the chamber the remains of organic mats were revealed. In the right hand of each deceased were bronze coins (one deceased had two of them, another – one coin). On the left hand fingers of the first deceased there were two iron rings. In filling of the chamber there was also a Chios pointed-bottom amphora, a red clay plate, two censers, a bottle, two coated cups, a grey clay bottle, a painted cup, a bottle of Phoenician glass, a sewed bronze plate depicting a man, 21 beads (including those of glass, jet, beads), bone lining and clutch, a bronze coin.
The burial No. 2 dated to the Roman period (excavated in 2007) oriented east-north-east – west -south-west. Four skeletons in wooden coffins were found in the chamber, with their heads towards the exit. A bronze as (dated to the 50’s AD.), a bone pyxis, a bronze round mirror were discovered near the skeletons. A bronze bracelet, a bronze fibula (second half of the I century AD.), beads with ‘spectacles’, red-clay Guttus an a lamp with a prominent plate were discovered near the child’s skeleton, in the hand there was a piece of chalk.