Posted on 01/06/2009 6:00:08 PM PST by Fred Nerks
Tehran (Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency) -- An animated piece on an earthen goblet that belongs to 5000 years ago was found in Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchistan province, southeastern Iran.
On this ancient piece that can be called the first animation of the world, the artist has portrayed a goat that jumps toward a tree and eats its leaves.
The earthenware found in Burnt City, one of the most developed civilizations dating back to 5000 years ago, show the images of goat and fish more than any other subject. It seems these animals were used more than any other by the people of this city.
On this goblet, with a diameter of 8 cm and height of 10 cm, the images show movement in an intricate way that is an unprecedented discovery. Some earthenware found in Burnt City show repetitive images, but none of them implicate any movements.
“While excavating the grave in which the cream-colored goblet has been found, we came across a skeleton that probably belongs to the creator of this piece”, Mansour Sajjadi, the Iranian archeologist responsible for excavations in Burnt City told CHN.
The archeologists have managed to make an animated piece on the basis of these images in the form of a 20-second film.
Sajjadi said, “The images we have come across in Burnt City have no precedence in prehistoric times.”
After 8 seasons of research in Burnt City, this 5000-year-old site dating back to 2nd or 3rd century BC still holds many secrets within. Burnt City was civilized and developed, and cherished very important ancient crafts including jewelry making and pottery.
Neat Fred! 5000 years ago, so I can’t get any tips from them, lol.
French archaeologist Michele Casanova said that the artifacts unearthed from the royal tombs in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur came from Iran?s 5200-year-old Burnt City, the Persian service of CHN reported on Friday.
How did the burned city get burned?
heheh, so they were playing ‘spin the goblet’ were they?
Located 57 kilometres from the city of Zabol in Sistan va Baluchestan province, southeast Iran, Burnt City is one of the most important prehistoric sites of the country which was well developed during the third millennium BCE.
Spreading over a 300,000 hectare area, Burnt City was recently recognized as mainland-Iran’s largest prehistoric site. The city experienced four stages of civilization and was burnt down three times, which is why it was named ‘Burnt City.’ Discovery of hundreds of historical sites including 166 satellite villages together with large numbers of archaeological relics, skeletons, and ancient structures in the archaeological site of Burnt City makes it holder of an unparalleled record in the history of archaeological activities in Iran.
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2006/December2006/11-12.htm
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Neat stuff!
Divine intervention or lack of a fire department? Or maybe If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
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Neat stuff!
Sort of reminds me of a flip book animation I could have gotten into real trouble over in the 4th grade.
Lol, you just made a two frame animated reply!! Really neat, even had a ‘delay’ in it......
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oh no.......... !!
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