The Golden Man in the Cossack Camp

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

In fact, there was no single Scythian people. The ancient Greeks and other sedentary peoples called the nomadic pastoral tribes that inhabited the steppes Scythians. It is even possible that it was a contemptuous nickname of the type of barbarians. Those who lived in the steppes of the Black Sea region were called the royal Scythians, and those who lived in the Asian steppes were called Sakas, or Asian Scythians. They glorified the forces of nature and especially the main deity - the sun, that is, it was the cult of the sun. And since the personification of the sun is gold, gold jewelry was always present in the outfit of every self-respecting Scythian warrior.

Well, when they buried, for example, a Scythian leader, they tried to completely cover his body with precious metal. For this, a special technology was developed - manual drawing of gold foil and squeezing out thin plates with images embossed on them. Naturally, burial mounds were robbed, often immediately after burial.

And in ancient times, spells were imposed on burials. And the more powerful the deceased was during his lifetime, the more powerful the spell was used to cast a spell to protect the grave. On the burials of cruel rulers, who shed a lot of human blood, special spells were also imposed to seal the spirit of the buried. In order not to burst out and not begin to demand blood again.

Find in Issyk

The small town of Issyk is located 50 kilometers from Almaty. This area is fertile and beautiful, chosen in ancient times by the tribes of the Asiatic Scythians - Sakas.

In 1969, local authorities decided to build a car depot on the outskirts of the town. But since this area was of interest to archaeologists - there was an ancient mound here - preliminary excavations were carried out. The young archaeologist Bekmukhanbet Nurmukhanbetov, now known among specialists as Bekenaga, was engaged in them. In love with his work, devoted to science, absolute unmercenary, he worked day and night. A month passed - there was not a single significant find.

Everything indicated that the mound was plundered in ancient times. But intuition told Bekmukhanbet that all was not lost yet. At night, in a dream, a warrior in golden armor came to the archaeologist …

The bosses and builders were in a hurry - it was time to finish the excavation. The last day was approaching evening. The next day they were supposed to start building a car depot. Well, do you want me to dig one more time? the bulldozer driver asked the grim archaeologist sympathetically.

After a few minutes of working with a bucket, he shouted:

- There is some kind of log here!

Bekenaga rushed headlong towards the find. It was an intact burial chamber. Later it turned out that there were two burial chambers: the central one was false, repeatedly looted, and the side one, which was located 15 meters south of the first and remained untouched. Perhaps the ancient Saki specially designed the burial in this way, fearing robbers.

Golden man

The soldier buried in the mound turned out to be "golden"! On the skeleton and under it were found numerous items of jewelry, headdress and footwear, made of gold. Nearby were carefully laid out items of weapons and various utensils that could be useful to a warrior in his afterlife. At the left elbow there is an arrow with a gold tip. Here is a whip, the handle of which was wrapped in a wide gold ribbon. On the floor of the chamber are ritual vessels. In total, archaeologists have found 4800 jewelry. After the opening of the burial of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, this is the largest number of gold objects ever found in tombs. In total, archaeologists have discovered 4,800 pieces of jewelry.

Such a striking similarity between burial rituals and sun worship in general proves the kinship of the Egyptian and Scythian cultures, although some lived in the steppes, and others in AFRICA! From the point of view of modern science, this is impossible, which means it is mistaken. Facts are stronger than theories anyway. And this happened due to the fact that it was our ancestors who founded Egypt, and the Scythians are some of the clans of our race. And earlier, tribes of white people settled in Africa and America and naturally in Eurasia, as they had the technology that allowed them to move from mainland to mainland. They also tended to be called by the name of the king or leader of the tribe: so most likely the Scythians are the people of the Scythian. (more details in the Veles book).

Nowadays, the "Golden Man" on a winged leopard has become one of the national symbols of Kazakhstan. Copies of the Saka warrior have been installed in many cities of Kazakhstan, one of them crowns the Independence Monument on the main square of Almaty. The standard of the President of Kazakhstan also depicts the figure of a golden warrior on a winged leopard. True, painters and sculptors depict him as a mighty man, give his face a stern expression. Although this is pure fiction. In fact, the golden warrior is either a teenager or a very young man, and most likely a girl.

The second "golden man"

There is a Shilikty valley in East Kazakhstan. On three sides, the valley, stretching 80 kilometers in length and 30 in width, is surrounded by mountain ranges. Summer is cool here, winter is warm and snowless. Therefore, starting from the Bronze Age, in the XXXIII-XI centuries BC, these lands were densely populated by early agricultural and pastoralist tribes. Apparently, the headquarters of the powerful rulers of the Great Steppe was located in the valley. About 130 burial mounds of the Scythian time are located in its central part, on an area covering 1.5 kilometers in width and 6 kilometers in length. Such a dense concentration of elite monuments of the Saka culture in a small area is very rare.

For nine years, archaeologists managed to excavate and study 13 burial mounds. Sensational material was obtained from the Baygetobe mound, where another Saka "golden man" was discovered. A total of 4303 gold items were found in the Baigetobe burial mound of the Shilikty burial ground. The large number of gold jewelry and the grandiose size of the grave clearly prove that a powerful ruler is buried there. Not just a tribal leader or a noble nobleman, but a real king. Unlike the famous Issyk "golden man", this is a mighty man-warrior. This is evidenced by the armor made of cast gold (in the Issyk one - from foil). Such a weight could only be carried by a very strong person - a real cruel king, scorched by the fire of numerous wars.

The curse of the "golden king"

And recently, troubles have befallen this valley. Local residents claim that after archaeologists excavated the Baygetobe mound nine years ago, strange events began to occur in the villages. Livestock perishes in the farmsteads, the harvest is scarce, something incomprehensible is happening with the ecology and climate - storms, snowfalls, which have never been in the valley. People suffer from headaches that do not respond to treatment. And recently, feeble-minded children have begun to be born in the villages …

Many are sure that the evil spirit of the Saka king disturbed by scientists is to blame for all these troubles. They say that only the return of the remains to the tomb can save the valley from impending disasters. As an option, people suggest opening an open-air museum. The same as in Issyk - "Saki kurgans". This is the kind of "magic" our ancestors could use, and this is possible only in the case of the development of the mind, exceeding the modern one.

No one knows what troubles a disturbed spirit can bring.

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