Archaeologists produce got begun excavating a Saka burial mound establish 10 kilometres from Astana, inwards the course of written report of their operate discovering 7 other graves dating to the much to a greater extent than recent by (to the 15th in addition to 16th centuries), 2 of which held women’s jewellery.
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The funerary practices in addition to positions of the graves quest that they belonged to Muslim people. Muslim rites represent that a grave should live on at a correct angle to the Qibla (the direction to the holy Kaaba inwards Mecca) then that the body, which is placed into its grave lying on its correct side, without a coffin, faces the Qibla.
“Islam became the solid soil religious belief on the territory of the key regions of Republic of Kazakhstan inwards the 14th century; naturally, before that period, these Muslim burials could non arise, then they belong to the 15th to 16th centuries,” the caput of the enquiry institute explained.
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According to simply about other hypothesis, Saka tribes could alive on the territory of the modern hateful solar daytime capital. The digging volition move along to search for evidence.
“Peoples who lived here, inwards Saryarka, were riders in addition to mounted soldiers. They guarded the territory in addition to this was their principal wealth in addition to dignity. It is also known that local peoples took part fifty-fifty inwards the battle against Cyrus II. This is written inwards all textbooks,” Maral Khabdulina, Akishev Research Institute of Archaeology Director, said.
The Astana akimat (mayor’s office) has been coordinating the excavation, which is beingness carried out through the Sacred Republic of Kazakhstan project.
“This yr nosotros excogitation to represent 4 to a greater extent than excavations. This is the origin one. We volition mitt over all the jewellery establish to the National Museum,” Askar Kalabayev, caput of Astana’s Culture in addition to Sports Department, said.
Author: Dana Omirgazy | Source: Astana Times [August 01, 2018]
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