Our Ancestors Calling Us From 2500 Years Ago ✨ Golden Man ✨ Kazakhstan #club100

Hi Steemians ✨
Golden Man is a marvelous discovery that gold has been crafted with such skill and their civilization and culture are reflected. Golden Man is a work full of fascinating details and stories. Explaining a different element of life in every detail is an indication of a high perception and understanding of civilization.

The fact that they have been able to transfer their lifestyle to us by turning them into an artwork is in itself amazing. I am very happy to have the chance to visit Golden Man in the museum 🥰

Golden Man was found by chance near the Issyk lake, east of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Before construction takes place in Kazakhstan, the site is checked by archaeologists. Because there may be any archaeological artifacts in the area where the construction will be done 👌

The importance given to the construction site is admirable because it is the importance given to history. In 1969, research was carried out because construction was going to be done in this area, and excavations started because there are very old burial mound in that area. These belong to the Saka and Scythian periods.

The Issyk burial mound, excavated by a team of archaeologists led by Kazakh archaeologist Kimal Akishev, is thought to date from the approximately the 4th century BC. This date is incredible, think about it, I'm talking about 2500 years ago. I added the location of this very important discovery for history by marking it on the map👆

The jewelry and weapons of the person buried in this tomb with his golden clothes indicate that he was an important Khan or prince. It is estimated to be in the 18-23 age range.

The Issyk burial mound is the second burial chamber in the world, after the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, where the most gold was found.

Golden Man's armor was prepared by sewing triangular gold plates, the number of which exceeds 3,000. It is said that golden thread was used as a yarn. The pointed calpack is quite long and it is 65 cm. It looks very striking with this feature. There is a mountain goat statuette at the top of the calpack. There is a neck collar with an animal motif on the neck. Tree and bird figures are carved on the plates resembling mountains on the edges of the calpack⭐️

The collar, shoulder and armholes of the dress are decorated with predatory cat figures. Horse, tiger, deer, leopard, wolf, mountain goat and bird figures are embroidered on the dress. Each figure tells us a lot from 2500 years ago. It's just like time travel💫

In the figures in the calpack, horses are running, birds are flying and leopards are attacking. It is designed almost like a painting. The 4 arrows in front of the head symbolize world domination. The horned and winged horse in front of the hat is a mythological animal that I mentioned in my previous post, and it is designed large compared to other figures. These motifs peculiar to steppe art are fascinating 🖤

The ring on his finger is hollow inward. It is also used as a seal. Therefore, it also shows that the seal was used at that time. The fancy belt has deer and bird figures. There is a double-edged blade and a dagger hanging on the belt. There are animal depictions on the hilt of the dagger and sword. There are two eagles with horns facing each other on the hilt of the sword. Frankly, it is a artwork that you can watch for long hours and discover new details every time 😍

Perhaps the most important item found in this mound is a silver ladle with a broken handle. There was two lines of writing on it. Dozens of linguists have read the inscription differently. The 30 readings have been made on the inscription so far. There are scientists who say that the inscription is close to the Aramaic language, and there are scientists who claim that the inscription is in the Turkish language. Btw, Turkish people use the phrase "his ladle was broken" for the person who died. That means he won't able to eat anymore. So that's what the broken ladle might mean.

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Issyk inscription

Although different theses have been put forward about the inscription, it has been seen that the letters overlap with the first alphabet used by the Turks. As a result of all readings, it has come to the fore that the inscription was written in the historical Turkish alphabet. Kazakh philology scholar Altai Amanjalov made the first reading of the inscription. He read the inscription in Turkish.

"Brother this house is yours, bring the barbarian to his knees. People must have abundant food."

Issyk inscription

Linguist Z.H. Hasanov said that the script is related to the Orkhon-Yenisei script. Therefore, he determined that it was the Turkish language that was the same as it and translated it.

"(Of the) Four Corners (cardinal directions) (the) tribes Syngly sing (acclaim). Three hundred mourners oath drink (give an oath)."

In the light of all this information, we can say that Golden Man's contribution to world art and civilization is enormous. On the other hand, it is of great importance in terms of being the first inscription, art and even the common cultural heritage of all Turkish peoples in the world. Therefore, this can be considered the oldest Turkish text ⭐️

When we look at all the finds, we see that there was a great and powerful state and civilization in the Eurasian Steppes 2500 years ago. It also reveals the fact that this nation has their own written language. Therefore, it is a development that takes the use of writing in Turks back 1,000 years. This information brings us to a high civilization that used writing 2500 years ago ✨

In conclusion, Golden Man is a light that shows the culture and civilization of 2500 years ago ❤️

I hope you all enjoyed reading my post ✨
Thank you 🤗