On the last 8th of August, a pyramid from the Bronze Age was found in Kazakhstan after nine years of excavations in the region.
Located by the Eurasian National University (ENU), the 4,000-year-old building features sophisticated architecture, a hexagonal shape and various animal figures on its walls.
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Archaeologists believe that the site served to worship horses, because of the remains of bones of these animals found around the pyramid.
In addition, the main representations on the walls are of horses, demonstrating the importance of the figure of this animal for ancient peoples.
Since 2014, researchers from the Department of Archeology and Ethnology at the Faculty of History at ENU have been investigating the region in search of historical records of ancient peoples.
The university accomplished an unprecedented feat by locating the pyramid. This is the first discovery of a monument of this magnitude in Central Asia, according to the Ancient Origins news portal.
(Image: ENU/Reproduction)
(Image: ENU/Reproduction)
The pyramid has a structure of great proportions. “There are 13 meters and eight rows of stones between each face. It is a complex and sophisticated structure, with several circles in the middle”, described historian Ulan Umitkaliyev, head of the Department of Archeology and Ethnology at ENU.
Ceramics, gold earrings and other jewelry found at the site suggest that the building belonged to the Bronze Age, around 4,000 years ago.
In the same way, its walls also tell the narratives of the time through the countless images of animals, mainly horses and camels.
For nearly a decade, researchers scoured the area for more information. During this process, previous excavations have already revealed other important objects, such as pottery, bronze, and funerary and culinary artifacts.
For Ulan Umitkaliyev, the latest find is an example of the “ancient role of the pyramid as the beating heart of ancient cultural expression” in the region. The collected data will be analyzed by ENU in partnership with foreign researchers.
