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Вчера в дэйли мэйл прочитала новость об археологической находке.
Английский новостной сайт пишет о находке в Алтайскийх горах, а в русскоязычном секторе я что-то этой новости не нахожу. Негодую.
Правда, раскопки проходили девять лет назад...
UPD.: уже нашла новость и в русском секторе:
http://www.gorno-altaisk.info/news/20659
http://novostiua.net/techniks/30068-ozherele-kleopatry-bylo-naydeno-v-2400-letnem-kurgane-v-sibiri.html
Поделюсь хоть ссылкой с дэйли мэйл.
Вот!!!
Драгоценное ожерелье было найдено археологом Еленой Бородовской в Алтайских горах.
Вот одна бусина их этого ожерелья:
Под этой фотографией в статье стоит комментарий:
Intricate: The beads were created using the 'Millefiori technique' where glass canes or rods are combined to produce multicoloured patterns.
The brilliant beads of 'Cleopatra's necklace': Ancient Egyptian jewellery plucked from burial mound of Siberian 'virgin princess'
Glass necklace discovered inside 2,400-year-old burial mound
Jewellery thought to have belonged to a 25-year-old virgin priestess
Experts want to pinpoint precise origin of priceless beads
By Lucy Crossley
PUBLISHED: 16:34 GMT, 3 February 2013 | UPDATED: 16:18 GMT, 4 February 2013
Extraordinary brightly-coloured glass jewellery believed to be from Ancient Egypt has been found in a 2,400-year-old burial mound in Siberia.
Nicknamed 'Cleopatra's Necklace' by the Russians who found it, the jewellery was discovered on the skeleton of a 25-year-old woman, believed to have been a virgin priestess.
Although it was discovered during a dig nine years ago, this is the first time a picture of the priceless 17-bead necklace has been shown since it was found in the Altai Mountains by archaeologist Yelena Borodovskya.
Siberian academics have released the images in the hope of finding experts from across the world who may be able to pinpoint the necklace's exact origin.
'It has a striking variety of colours, beautiful shades of deep and light yellow and blue, said Professor Andrey Borodovsky, 53, of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Novosibirsk.
'I have worked with Altai antiquities for more than 30 years, and this necklace is probably the most beautiful find I've ever seen.'
Professor Borodovsky said that the intricate beads were made using the 'Millefiori technique', which involves production of glass canes or rods with multicoloured patterns that can only be seen from the cut ends.
It is believed that the jewellery pre-dates Egyptian queen Cleopatra, who died in 30BC, but Professor Borodovsky wants to find experts to help him date the piece, according to the Siberian Times.
The owner of the necklace was believed to have been 25-years-old when she was buried with the beads around her neck.
Unusual: Professor Borodovsky, pictured left, said the skeleton was also found with a bronze mirror
Unusual: Professor Borodovsky, pictured left, said the skeleton was also found with a bronze mirror
She was believed to have been a 'blue-blooded' woman, who was likely to have come from a highly regarded tribe or clan.
'It is quite likely she was a priestess,' said Professor Borodovsky.
'What points to this status is a bronze mirror which was packed into her "burial bag".
'The mirror had a chain of bronze pendants attached to it, also there was a set of sacrificial bones with a little butcher knife.
'It shows that the mirror was treated as a living creature, which points to its magical function.
'If she performed some priestly functions, she could have been a virgin, not having a family and belonging to a completely different social sphere.'
Academics also suspect the mystery necklace owner was a kinswoman of the famous tattooed 'Princess Ukok', whose body artwork was preserved in ice following her death.
An artifact such as the necklace has never been found in Russia before, although Professor Borodovsky said that he was not surprised that the jewellery reached remote Siberia from Egypt more than two millennia ago during the Scythian period.
'Siberia has always been a kind of 'stream of civilization' - a transit territory, rich with resources and attractive for migration,' he said.
He added that the necklace, and its owner had probably come to Siberia via present-day Kazakhstan, along an old silk road.
'It is most likely by this route that those beads got to Altai,' he said.
'Obviously, this area was a very busy place.'
Комментарии к статье есть забавные, но один по делу:
Seriously! As an Archaeologist and a glass bead artist, this article is wrong in sooo many ways! First of all, the colors of the beads are extremely common. The existence of them in Siberia may be special, but the colors should NOT be linked specifically to Egypt. Those bead colors are common throughout the Middle East and all the way up to Scandanavia, through trade routes. They were manufactured in the areas of Persia and Turkey, and yes as far south as Egypt and Mali. Second, the bead in the large picture was definitely NOT made using the milifiori technique. The side of the bead is broken, clearly showing the dish-like shapes of the glass layers. The "eyes" of the beads were formed by adding layers of different color glass on top of each other. Third, the whole "virgin priestess" hype is an embarrassment to Archaeologists everywhere. Stick to the facts.She had a mirror and beads - she was probably important. Leave the folklore for the folklore specialists.
- Irene Davis , Ash Fork, United States, 04/2/2013 16:25
Английский новостной сайт пишет о находке в Алтайскийх горах, а в русскоязычном секторе я что-то этой новости не нахожу. Негодую.
Правда, раскопки проходили девять лет назад...
UPD.: уже нашла новость и в русском секторе:
http://www.gorno-altaisk.info/news/20659
http://novostiua.net/techniks/30068-ozherele-kleopatry-bylo-naydeno-v-2400-letnem-kurgane-v-sibiri.html
Поделюсь хоть ссылкой с дэйли мэйл.
Вот!!!
Драгоценное ожерелье было найдено археологом Еленой Бородовской в Алтайских горах.
Вот одна бусина их этого ожерелья:
Под этой фотографией в статье стоит комментарий:
Intricate: The beads were created using the 'Millefiori technique' where glass canes or rods are combined to produce multicoloured patterns.
The brilliant beads of 'Cleopatra's necklace': Ancient Egyptian jewellery plucked from burial mound of Siberian 'virgin princess'
Glass necklace discovered inside 2,400-year-old burial mound
Jewellery thought to have belonged to a 25-year-old virgin priestess
Experts want to pinpoint precise origin of priceless beads
By Lucy Crossley
PUBLISHED: 16:34 GMT, 3 February 2013 | UPDATED: 16:18 GMT, 4 February 2013
Extraordinary brightly-coloured glass jewellery believed to be from Ancient Egypt has been found in a 2,400-year-old burial mound in Siberia.
Nicknamed 'Cleopatra's Necklace' by the Russians who found it, the jewellery was discovered on the skeleton of a 25-year-old woman, believed to have been a virgin priestess.
Although it was discovered during a dig nine years ago, this is the first time a picture of the priceless 17-bead necklace has been shown since it was found in the Altai Mountains by archaeologist Yelena Borodovskya.
Siberian academics have released the images in the hope of finding experts from across the world who may be able to pinpoint the necklace's exact origin.
'It has a striking variety of colours, beautiful shades of deep and light yellow and blue, said Professor Andrey Borodovsky, 53, of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Novosibirsk.
'I have worked with Altai antiquities for more than 30 years, and this necklace is probably the most beautiful find I've ever seen.'
Professor Borodovsky said that the intricate beads were made using the 'Millefiori technique', which involves production of glass canes or rods with multicoloured patterns that can only be seen from the cut ends.
It is believed that the jewellery pre-dates Egyptian queen Cleopatra, who died in 30BC, but Professor Borodovsky wants to find experts to help him date the piece, according to the Siberian Times.
The owner of the necklace was believed to have been 25-years-old when she was buried with the beads around her neck.
Unusual: Professor Borodovsky, pictured left, said the skeleton was also found with a bronze mirror
Unusual: Professor Borodovsky, pictured left, said the skeleton was also found with a bronze mirror
She was believed to have been a 'blue-blooded' woman, who was likely to have come from a highly regarded tribe or clan.
'It is quite likely she was a priestess,' said Professor Borodovsky.
'What points to this status is a bronze mirror which was packed into her "burial bag".
'The mirror had a chain of bronze pendants attached to it, also there was a set of sacrificial bones with a little butcher knife.
'It shows that the mirror was treated as a living creature, which points to its magical function.
'If she performed some priestly functions, she could have been a virgin, not having a family and belonging to a completely different social sphere.'
Academics also suspect the mystery necklace owner was a kinswoman of the famous tattooed 'Princess Ukok', whose body artwork was preserved in ice following her death.
An artifact such as the necklace has never been found in Russia before, although Professor Borodovsky said that he was not surprised that the jewellery reached remote Siberia from Egypt more than two millennia ago during the Scythian period.
'Siberia has always been a kind of 'stream of civilization' - a transit territory, rich with resources and attractive for migration,' he said.
He added that the necklace, and its owner had probably come to Siberia via present-day Kazakhstan, along an old silk road.
'It is most likely by this route that those beads got to Altai,' he said.
'Obviously, this area was a very busy place.'
Комментарии к статье есть забавные, но один по делу:
Seriously! As an Archaeologist and a glass bead artist, this article is wrong in sooo many ways! First of all, the colors of the beads are extremely common. The existence of them in Siberia may be special, but the colors should NOT be linked specifically to Egypt. Those bead colors are common throughout the Middle East and all the way up to Scandanavia, through trade routes. They were manufactured in the areas of Persia and Turkey, and yes as far south as Egypt and Mali. Second, the bead in the large picture was definitely NOT made using the milifiori technique. The side of the bead is broken, clearly showing the dish-like shapes of the glass layers. The "eyes" of the beads were formed by adding layers of different color glass on top of each other. Third, the whole "virgin priestess" hype is an embarrassment to Archaeologists everywhere. Stick to the facts.She had a mirror and beads - she was probably important. Leave the folklore for the folklore specialists.
- Irene Davis , Ash Fork, United States, 04/2/2013 16:25