Virtual tour of the historical and cultural reserve "Arkaim"

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

We present to your attention a virtual tour of the historical and cultural reserve "Arkaim". You will see the excavations themselves, visit the Mountain of Love and Shamanka, visit the historical reconstructions of the dwelling of the copper stone age, and the Temir mound, see the museum of ancient industries and walk through the historical park.

And most importantly, you will see Arkaim from a height of 100 meters. See here:

Arkaim is a fortified settlement of the Bronze Age. The age of the settlement is 4 thousand years, the settlement was created according to a well-thought-out plan, with a clear urban planning idea, complex architecture and fortifications.

More than twenty years have passed since the opening of the Arkaim settlement in the steppe Trans-Urals. During this time, a reserve arose to protect Arkaim, many other monuments of antiquity and historical natural landscapes. A powerful research, educational, cultural and educational complex has been created near its borders; the work of the regional state budgetary institution of culture - the Historical and Cultural Reserve "Arkaim" was launched. His research is based on an integrated approach to the study of antiquity in the relationship between natural systems and human societies. Active museum and educational work is carried out in the context of the dialogue between the cultures of the past and the present.

History reference:

In 1987, in the south of the Chelyabinsk region, during the construction of a reservoir, a unique monument of excellent preservation dating back to the Bronze Age was discovered - a fortified settlement of the early city type. Arkaim got his name from a nearby mountain. In the course of the study, it turned out that the monument was a village created according to a well-thought-out plan, with a clear urban planning idea, complex architecture and fortifications. Over the next few years, 20 more such settlements were discovered, which made it possible to talk about the discovery of an interesting ancient culture, which received the code name "Country of cities". In science, this archaeological culture is called Arkaim-Sintashta. The significance of the discovery of Arkaim and other fortified settlements of this type is indisputable, as it gave completely new data on the migration routes of Indo-Europeans and made it possible to prove that a fairly highly developed culture existed in the South Ural steppes 4 thousand years ago. The people of Arkaim were engaged in metallurgy and metalworking, weaving, and pottery. The basis of their economy was cattle breeding.

The fortified settlements of the Arkaim-Sintashta culture date back to the turn of the 3rd-2nd millennia BC. They are five to six centuries older than Homeric Troy, contemporaries of the first dynasty of Babylon, the pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and the Cretan-Mycenaean culture of the Mediterranean. The time of their existence corresponds to the last centuries of the famous civilization of India - Mahenjo-Daro and Harappa.

In 1991, by decision of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, the territory of the Arkaim valley, as well as 15 more sites with archaeological monuments of the Arkaim-Sintashta culture identified on them, were declared protected. It was on their basis that the Historical and Cultural Reserve "Arkaim" was created, which is a structural subdivision of the Ministry of Culture of the Chelyabinsk Region.

The main activities of the reserve are museum, security, scientific and tourist and educational.

The museum complex "Arkaim" is an original and harmonious architectural and landscape system in the steppe zone of the South Urals. The museum complex "Arkaim" fits into the modern museum world, observing all the norms of the museum legislation of the Russian Federation. In the course of 20 years of activity of scientists and museum workers, the richest collections on the ancient history of the Southern Trans-Urals have been collected. "Arkaim" presents a number of museum objects, concentrated on one territory, where the traditions of different historical epochs and different ethnic groups are combined into a single cultural space, dynamically interacting with the natural landscape environment.

The staff of the reserve implements dozens of educational and cognitive programs for the most diverse strata of the population: on the ancient history and traditional culture of the peoples of the Urals, the history of religion, geology, soil science, botany, ornithology. The main advantage of the programs is their concreteness, accessibility and scientific reliability.

Arkaim is a well-known scientific center, its employees and invited experts conduct complex research, combining natural science and humanitarian areas.

In 1992, the scientific program “Man and Nature of the Southern Urals in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene” was developed, according to which the territory of the “Arkaim” reserve is considered as a testing ground for studying the interaction of man and nature at the present stage, in retrospect and in the future.

The strategic mission of the Arkaim Nature Reserve corresponds to the main goals of scientific and educational activities:

Popularization of one of the largest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century - the most ancient homeland of the Indo-Europeans - Arkaim and the "Country of cities";

Formation among visitors of an understanding of the important role of the territory of modern Russia and the peoples who inhabited it, in the largest civilizational processes, a new look at the possible ways of development of human civilization and the common roots of the origin of the peoples of Russia;

Formation of conditions for a "dialogue" between cultures of the past and present in search of ways to ensure sustainable development of mankind, low-conflict interaction between man and nature.

From October to April inclusive, the reserve operates in winter mode. The summer tourist season of the Arkaim reserve lasts from May 1 to September 30.

Phone for inquiries in Chelyabinsk: (351) 218-40-35

Reservation of places to stay: (8) 904-800-40-57 (from 8.00 to 18.00 Moscow time)

Phone for inquiries on Arkaim: (8) 904-800-40-56

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