A team of Polish-Armenian archaeologists in Armenia discovered the tomb of a man and a woman, probably two, who were buried together more than 3,000 years ago with gold and coral necklaces.
The two skeletons were found in underground chambers built of large stones, on a wooden burial bed, in the Metsamor necropolis, one of the most famous archaeological sites in Armenia, about 40 kilometers west of the capital Yerevan.
“The death of these people is a mystery to us, we do not know the cause, but everything indicates that they died at the same time, because there are no traces of the retraction of the monument”, he declared. announcement Krzysztof Jakubiak, professor at the Faculty of Archeology at the University of Warsaw and co-director of the research with Armenian Professor Ashot Piliposiano.
According to Jakubiak, it is unique that the tomb is not despoiled and very decorated.
In good condition, both skeletons had slightly contracted legs. According to the first estimate, the couple was between 30 and 40 years old.
Excavations at Metsamor Joanna Pawlik
Archaeologists of this joint project of the Center for Mediterranean Archeology of the University of Warsaw and the Department of Antiquities and the National Heritage Protection of Armenia recently dated the Bronze Age to 1300-1200 BC when the great Pharaoh Ramses II reigned in Egypt.
Inside the tomb they found more than 100 gold beads and necklaces that “probably made three necklaces,” says Jakubiak. Some of the pendants look a bit like Celtic crosses. Carnelian necklaces were also just.
The burial also contained twelve intact ceramic vessels and a single clay vessel that was not produced locally. Tortors determined that it was taken from the border of Syria and Mesopotamia.
Of the hundreds of monuments that researchers have examined in the huge 100-hectare Naumachia Metsamor, only a few similar to this one have not been looted.
The inhabitants of Metsamor of the second millennium did not leave behind a half-written text “but it was a great settlement,” according to a Polish professor. Also, fortifications made of huge stones have survived to this day, surrounding the so-called ‘citadel’. At the end of the second millennium BC there was no habitation in the region that could compare with its dignity and size.
Castle Metsamor Simon Zdziebłowski
Its height from the 4th to the 2nd millennium BC, it covered more than 10 hectares and was surrounded by cyclopean walls. At the beginning of the Iron Age, from 11 BC to the 9th century, Metsamor grew to almost 100 hectares. The middle part was surrounded by seven chapels, fortified with temples. At that time it was one of the most important cultural and political centers in the Araks Valley. The place was continuously inhabited until the 17th century.
From the 8th century, a. C. Metsamor belonged to the kingdom of Urartu, the biblical kingdom of Ararat, conquered by King Argish I. During his reign, the borders of Transcaucasia were extended to the present-day area of Yerevan.
As a protected archaeological resource, Metsamor has been excavated since 1965. The last research seasons took place in September and October. 2022. Polish archaeologists have been excavating at Metsamor since 2013 under an agreement with the Institute of Archeology of the Armenian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Culture of Armenia (PAP).
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