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Posted on 11/07/2023 9:32:02 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists Have Uncovered a Pyramid Belonging to the Scythian-saka Period in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan.
The pyramid is located on a hill overlooking the Taldy River in the Shet district of Karaganda, which was excavated by archaeologists from Karaganda University over a period of 4 excavation seasons.
According to the researchers, the pyramid is a mausoleum complex for a ruler from the Begazı Dandibay culture, a late Bronze Age culture that flourished during the last phase of the Andronovo period (2000–1150 BC).
The structure is a pyramidal stepped mausoleum, which was constructed in a region of the Sari Arka steppes where communities buried their rulers and elite. As well as functioning as a mausoleum, the pyramid was also used as a sacred space for religious ceremonies.
A carbon dating analysis of finds found within the structure have indicated a date between the 14th and 12th century BC...
Excavations in the region have also uncovered a proto-city settlement also belonging to a Begazı Dandibay community...
According to the researchers, the Begazı Dandibay communities show that they have close connections with the Karasuk culture of Southern Siberia, which constitutes the Proto-Turkish culture. The corridors leading to the burial chamber, especially in the mausoleums of the Begazı Dandibay phase, always open in the direction of the sunrise, as a manifestation of traditional Turkish religious belief.
(Excerpt) Read more at heritagedaily.com ...
There's so much amazing history in that part of the world. Too bad it is so off-limits.
I wonder what the tax bill was to build it?
This constitutes a Good Time
Back in the day.
Those pyramid builders sure get around.
If Noah had a son!
wow- it’s way beyond it’s “Best if used by” date
cool find
That`s not a pyramid ....it `s a 4 sided staircase.
The don’t seem to say if this structure has any internal spaces.
Thanks!
No, it doesnt. Not directly anyway.
If I torture the rest of the article sufficiently though it suggests to me that there is at least one corridor leading to at least one chamber.
They establish that this structure, not the yard around it or elements of the community, is the mausoleum and that mausoleums from the Begazi phase are highly likely to have at least one corridor oriented toward the sun.
At least, after some pentothal and jumpers to the nipples thats what the article told me.
Thanks
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