Posted on 11/05/2004 2:26:18 PM PST by blam
Traces of an ancient settlement found on the dry bottom of the Aral
Kyzylorda. November 5. KAZINFORM. The scientists of the Institute of Archeology named after Alkey Margulan found some traces of an ancient town on the dry bottom of the Aral Sea. The area of the town amounts to about 6 ha and goes back to the 13-14 centuries, i.e. the epoch of the Golden Horde.
As a result of archeological researches there have also been found the relics of different workshops, windmills and storehouses for ceramic articles and the burial ground where the noble representatives of that period had been buried.
The excavations of the ancient town are planned to start next year.
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BTTT.
Ghengis Khan must have had a fleet of SUVs, right?!
Since as of this posting you all are the only responders I can assume you are all interested in archaeology, yes? I get these newsletters from Johnathan Gray, a Brit archaeologist. His website is http://www.beforeus.com/ I`ve gotten a bunch of his newsletters over the past few months all dealing with things we thought we knew like this article and others, like how the oldest known textiles were found in Turkey not Africa or Egypt and the erosion of the Sphinx being caused by water. If any one is interested I can send some of the newsletters by freepmail, if you`ve heard of this already sorry I`m preaching to the choir.
sorry I didn`t include you, I started typing before you posted. I type pretty slow;) See post#5
This is extremely interesting. Please share newsletters, etc..
Jenjis Khan. Jen-Jis.
Must have gotten terribly dry in that region for quite a while some time back.
Heh... well done! A similar emergence took place on the western shore of the Caspian a few years back. When I get home I'll try to dig out that info. :')
bttt
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The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
Pipeline to the Past Is a Gift From Oil to ArchaeologyThe site, about 70 miles south of Baku, the capital, appears to be the remains of a village from the 11th or 12th century. It is where the Kura meandered its way to the Caspian Sea a millennium ago, and its discovery heartened the team trying to redraw history's greatest trade route, the Silk Road.
by Douglas Frantz
September 19, 2001
Shirvan Steppe Journal
Cave dwellings dating to 12,000 B.C. have been discovered in Azerbaijan and its earliest inhabitants are credited with domesticating grapes, cherries and apples. Some believe that horses were domesticated here 5,000 years ago. But much of the region's ancient history has been unexplored.
Azerbaijani archaeologists and a few others from outside the country think that the country had a thriving civilization in the Bronze Age, dating to about 2,500 B.C., and that its traders and herdsmen eventually migrated to Mesopotamia and beyond.
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I'd be happy to receive some of this information. Archaeology is of great interest to me.
Thanks!
Wow, this is pretty recent. Have there been any other articles on changes in sea level in that general area around this period?
No. It's a suprise to me to.
It seems like I remember within the last year seeing an article on the water level around the Venice area and thereabouts changing in historic times, but I can't remember the date and I can't find the article at the moment--not sure if it'd be related or not. If I find it I'll post it.
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