Scythian Neapolis (Greek: Σκυθική Νεάπολις), also known as Kermenchik, was a settlement that existed from the end of the 3rd century BC until the second half of the 3rd century AD and was previously considered a town of the Tauric Chersonesus (Crimea) and was mentioned by Strabo as being the fortress and palace where the Scythian kings resided. It is regarded as the capital of the Late Scythian Kingdom and the capital of ‘Great Scythia’. The archaeological ruins sit on the outskirts of the present-day Simferopol. This city was the centre of the Crimean Scythian tribes, led by Skilurus and Palacus. The town ruled over a small kingdom, covering the lands between the lower Dnieper river and Crimea. Between the end of the 4th c. BC to the beginning of the 3rd c. BC historians suggest that the Kizil-Koba culture occupied the area of Scythian Neapolis before any Scythian artefacts were found. Neapolis was destroyed halfway through the 3rd century AD by the Goths. This settlement was first excavated in 1945 by Schultz and Golovkina.