Remains of ancient civilization discovered on the bottom of a lake

RIA Novosti ^ | Thursday, December 27, 2007 | Nikolai Lukashov

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An international archeological expedition to Lake Issyk Kul, high in the Kyrgyz mountains, proves the existence of an advanced civilization 25 centuries ago... The expedition resulted in sensational finds, including the discovery of major settlements, presently buried underwater... Last year, we worked near the north coast at depths of 5-10 metres to discover formidable walls, some stretching for 500 meters-traces of a large city with an area of several square kilometers... We also found Scythian burial mounds, eroded by waves over the centuries, and numerous well preserved artifacts-bronze battleaxes, arrowheads, self-sharpening daggers, objects discarded by smiths, casting molds, and a faceted gold bar, which was a monetary unit of the time... Somewhere in the vicinity was Chihu, the metropolitan city of a mighty state of Wusung nomads, which ancient Chinese chronicles mentioned on many occasions. The Great Silk Road lay along the lake's coast until the 18th century. Even today, the descendants of caravan drivers recollect their ancestors' stories about travelling from Asia to Europe and back. Tamerlane built a fortress on one of the lake islets to hold aristocratic captives and keep his treasures... Throughout the years of their partnership, Russian and Kyrgyz archeologists discovered and examined more than ten major flooded urban and rural settlements of varying ages... Some artifacts are stunning. A 2,500 year-old ritual bronze cauldron was found on the bottom of the lake... Also of superb workmanship are bronze mirrors, festive horse harnesses and many other objects. Articles identified as the world's oldest extant coins were also found underwater-gold wire rings used as small change and a large hexahedral goldpiece.

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Interesting pics. This one shows a forlorn minaret, sans mosque, or so it looks:

http://avgg.sitemynet.com/mynet_resimlerim/pessinius-kybele_tap_na__.jpg

Nice statue of that vicious beeotch Cybele, at first I thought it was modern. Looks like a travelogue page, anyway. I don’t read or speak Turkish. :’)

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