An archaeological discovery in Türkiye...older than the pyramids
ArabiaWeather - Turkey is a country rich in history and culture, as the country's cultural heritage is distinguished by many wonderful archaeological monuments, and in one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries in recent decades, a stone statue of a man sitting on a bench and a colorful sculpture of a pig were found in the southeastern region of Turkey, which It is famous for the presence of many ancient human sites, and these new discoveries raise many questions about human history, and provide new clues that contribute to solving the mysteries of our history.
Where was the stone statue discovered? Is it older than the Egyptian pyramids?
Answer: The statue, which depicts a man sitting on a bench and bears the engraving of a leopard, was discovered in the Karahantepe region at the end of September. This region includes approximately 20 sites that are believed to have been home to thousands of people during the Stone Age.
Karahan Tepe is part of the network of sites extending around a site included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and this site is Gobekli Tepe, and this site is considered a gathering point for people to pray in prehistoric times, as its history extends to more than 7,000 years before the construction of Stonehenge and even the pyramids . Egyptian .
The found statue, which was broken into three parts, was discovered by Najmi Karol, head of the Department of Prehistory at Istanbul University.
Social system in the Ice Age
The archaeologist who supervises the coordination work in the Tas Tepe project said that we have previously discovered multiple statues of this type, but this is the first time we have found a statue of this type.
Gobekli Tepe, which some experts believe was never inhabited, may have been part of a vast sacred area that included other nearby sites, which archaeologists believe may be even older. This statue is thought to have been located inside one of the first rectangular buildings, perhaps It was used as a support column for the building's wooden roof, indicating how humans used the site during that period, and the archaeologist noted that these sites reflect the emergence of " a new social order that arose after the Ice Age period ." He explained that
“The main reason for adopting a new style in architecture is to build a new society.”
New discoveries in the Tas Tepe project
The archaeologist added:
“Previously the work was to destroy the columns and statues before leaving the site, but before that they were breaking down some details.”
The goals and reasons behind the sudden abandonment and destruction of the place after hundreds of years of use are still unknown , and it appears that the larger room inside the site, which is surrounded by smaller rooms, was used as a gathering place, and was accessed through a narrow corridor, which was supported by a large number of columns. It bears the head of a man carved into the rock. In the same week that the statue was discovered in Karahantepe, another statue was discovered in Gobekli Tepe.
Archaeologists discovered a sculpture measuring 1.2 meters long and 70 centimeters wide , depicting a pig with red eyes and red teeth, but its body is decorated in black and white. Carroll said that this wild boar, which dates back approximately 11 thousand years , is the first colored sculpture discovered from that time. Era to date, the site was inhabited for approximately 1,500 years before its inhabitants left.
Of the twenty sites included in the Tas Tepe project, which extends over a distance of up to 120 kilometers in the area adjacent to the Syrian border, only nine sites have been excavated so far.
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