In 2019, several archaeological expeditions were crowned with success in the CIS. In Uzbekistan, scientists have found a treasure of the Romanov dynasty. Remains of an Amazon were found in Armenia. In Kazakhstan, they found a mausoleum of the Golden Horde, in Tajikistan – a palace, according to the Internet portal of the CIS, referring to the material "Izvestiy".
The cellar treasure in Uzbekistan
Part of the collection of Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovich Romanov, who lived in the Uzbek capital for 37 years, was discovered in the basement of a pre-revolutionary mansion in the center of Tashkent. The discovery was made by scientists at the National University. Presumably, the value of the treasure exceeds $1 million.
Mukhammadbobur Yusupov, a member of the search team comments: "After 1917, the building was used as a University, warehouse, cinema. The basement was littered and forgotten."
The discovered collection contains unique books in Russian, ancient Turkic, German, Arabic, French, Latin, and English. Historical documents, maps, religious works, including gold-trimmed old books of the XVIII-XIX centuries from the Russian Imperial Palace, rare illustrated studies of European naturalists about the nature, fauna and birds of Central Asia, manuscripts of the XII–XVIII centuries. Also gold bars with a total weight of 8 kg, silver bars, icons, 71 gold, silver and bronze coins.
The finds were transferred to the State Museum of history of Uzbekistan. Some of the items went to Germany and Poland for restoration. The treasure in the form of a separate exhibition is planned to be presented at the exhibition, and then contribute to the Museum's funds.
The Palace of Devashtich in Tajikistan.
In the Tajik city of Penjikent, archaeologists began excavating the residence of Devashtich-the ruler of the Sogdian Kingdom. The Palace was a structure of four floors.
Director of the Museum of Penjikent Ismatullo Rakhmatulloev described the Palace: "on the first floor there was a guard, the second was intended for receiving military leaders, on the third received foreign ambassadors. On the fourth floor lived Devashtich himself, there was also a throne room."
A trebuchet (medieval throwing machine) and a Zoroastrian temple were found on the territory adjacent to the Palace.
Tomb in Kyzyloba.
On the shore of lake tore in the North Kazakhstan region, the burial complex of Kyzyloba was found, including seven mausoleums, one of which was destroyed when installing a geodetic sign.
"Surveyors buried the sign and got into the burial. Most likely, they also took all the valuables from there. We got only a beautiful gold earring and two stripes, apparently not noticed by those seekers. Fortunately, the rest of the burials were intact. There is a lot of work to be done on their study", said Anatoly Pleshakov, head of the educational and scientific center of archeology at the North Kazakhstan University.
According to the historian, the complex is a huge tomb of the Golden Horde era measuring 30 by 40 m. in the tomb are buried chingizids-representatives of the Chingiz Khan family.
"In those days, it was customary to indicate the name of the deceased on the portal of the building, so when we excavate the tomb, we may learn the identity of the buried," says Pleshakov.
Excavations of Kyzyloba will continue in May.
Archer from Armenia.
In the necropolis of Bover I in Armenia, the remains of a woman were found with traces of developed muscles and battle wounds. She died between the ages of 20 and 30. She was buried with honors, along with ceramic vessels and ornaments.
The skeleton with a developed sternum and strong bones suggest that the girl was quite strong. Thus, the well-developed deltoid and pectoral muscles suggest that she often flexed her arms and was most likely an Archer.
Traces of injuries also indicate that the buried was a warrior: in the left knee stuck a fragment of an iron arrowhead, and this wound healed long before death. Three more injuries were sustained by the Amazon shortly before her death, which may have been the cause of death. These are traces of chopped wounds on the left pelvic bone and on the right femur, as well as stab wounds on the left tibia. That is, before her death, probably in battle, the girl received wounds from two different types of weapons-an axe and a sword.
Judging by the arrowhead and objects in the burial, the find can be dated to the VIII-VI centuries BC. at this time, the state of Urartu existed on the territory of Armenia. According to written sources, it is known that Urartian women fought on an equal basis with men.
