From Caspionet.com: Archeological excavations in West Kazakhstan region
Specialists of the West Kazakhstan Centre of History and
Archeology have found the burial of a young lady dated back to the
Bronze Age.
It is situated in the territory of the ancient city of Zhaiyk some 12
kilometres from Uralsk. Archeologists claim that their discovery is
unique. The woman was buried in the fetal position and her body was
directed to the west. It is believed that a person buried like that will
receive the second birth. People buried their relatives and friends in
such a manner in the Bronze Age, over 2 thousand years ago. It means
that if earlier archeological information dated Uralsk back to the 14th
century, today there is proof that this city is much older. The ancient
skeleton was situated near the 800-year old brick furnace. The team
accidentally found the landmark site during routine excavations. It
means that the two discoveries located in close proximity were in fact
two millennia apart.
Murat Kalmenov, SENIOR FELLOW, WEST KAZAKHSTAN REGION CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY:
-The burial was higher than the base of the furnace. Then we have found
an inscription, which said that there was a burial mound here in the
14th century. I believe that people living here hadn’t recognised it and
built a furnace near it.
There are a lot of such historical complex areas in the territory of
this region. This year excavations in Akzhaiyk, Chingirlau and Kaztal
regions are planned to be launched.
Serik Ramazanov, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY:
-In 2009 we found a similar ancient city in the Kaztal region. It was
bigger than Zhaiyk. The length of this city was 900 metres and the width
was estimated at 300 metres. We also excavated one residential area
within the city and we are going to continue working.
An open-air museum is going to be set up in the place of the ancient
city of Zhaiyk, where archeologists would like to collect all historical
and archeological monuments of the region.
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