Lub Pob Zeb Cochno: Daim ntawv qhia hnub qub 5000 xyoo no puas tuaj yeem ua pov thawj ntawm kev ploj kev vam meej?

Archaeologists tsis tuaj yeem paub meej tias qhov twg yog qhov qhia meej ntawm cov slab loj, nthuav dav zoo li cov ntiaj chaw thiab hnub qub.

Lub Pob Zeb Cochno, pom nyob rau hauv West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, ntseeg tau tias muaj qhov piv txwv zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Bronze Age khob thiab nplhaib carvings hauv Tebchaws Europe, nrog ntau pua tus grooved spirals, carved indentations, geometric designs, thiab puzzling qauv ntawm ntau hom.

Ib daim duab ntawm Cochno Pob Zeb los ntawm WA Donnelly hauv xyoo 1895
A Sketch of the Cochno Stone los ntawm WA Donnelly hauv 1895 © Wikimedia Commons

Lub Pob Zeb Cochno yog thawj zaug sau tseg hauv 1887 los ntawm Rev. James Harvey. 78 xyoo tom qab ntawd, lub pob zeb tau rov faus rau xyoo 1965 los tiv thaiv nws tawm tsam kev ua phem. Tus Rev. James Harvey pom lub pob zeb 42ft los ntawm 26ft hauv xyoo 1887, ntawm thaj chaw ze ntawm qhov tam sim no yog lub tsev nyob Faifley nyob rau sab nrauv ntawm Clydebank. Nws muaj nyob ib ncig ntawm 90 carved indentations hu ua "khob" thiab "ring" cov cim.

Lub khob thiab lub nplhaib cim yog ib hom kev kos duab thaum ub uas muaj kev nyuaj siab txiav rau hauv pob zeb nto thiab qee zaum nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm cov voj voog concentric zoo li etched rau hauv pob zeb. Cov duab kos duab zoo li petroglyph ntawm cov pob zeb ntuj thiab cov pob zeb, nrog rau ntawm megaliths xws li slab cits, pob zeb rings, thiab qhov ntxa tombs.

Cochno pob zeb markings
Cov ntsiab lus ntawm lub khob thiab lub nplhaib cim ntawm lub pob zeb Cochno. © Royal Commission ntawm Ancient thiab Historical Monuments ntawm Scotland.

Northern England, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, North West Spain, North West Ltalis, Central Greece, thiab Switzerland yog qhov chaw tshaj plaws. Txawm li cas los xij, ntau yam sib piv tau pom thoob plaws ntiaj teb, suav nrog hauv Mexico, Brazil, thiab Is Nrias teb.

Lub khob thiab lub nplhaib cim rau ntawm lub pob zeb Cochno, uas xav tias yuav luag 5,000 xyoo, nrog rau cov ntoo khaub lig ua ntej-Christian etched tso rau hauv lub oval, nrog rau ob khub ntawm cov hneev taw, txhua tus muaj plaub ntiv taw. Vim muaj ntau yam cim rau ntawm nws, Cochno Pob Zeb tau tshaj tawm tias yog lub monument uas tau teem tseg thiab tseem ceeb hauv lub tebchaws.

Plaub-toed hneev taw etched rau saum npoo ntawm lub pob zeb Cochno.
Plaub-toed hneev taw etched rau saum npoo ntawm lub pob zeb Cochno. © Royal Commission ntawm Ancient thiab Historical Monuments ntawm Scotland.

Archaeologists tsis tuaj yeem paub meej tias qhov twg yog qhov qhia meej ntawm lub pob zeb loj, nthuav dav zoo li cov ntiaj chaw thiab hnub qub. Tsis muaj cov lus qhia tseeb los ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb txog lub ntsiab lus ntawm cov cim intricate pom ntawm nws qhov chaw. Puas yog daim ntawv qhia saum ntuj lossis lub ntiaj teb? Los yog nws yog ib lub thaj uas muaj rituals?

Txawm hais tias qhov tseem ceeb ntawm lub pob zeb Cochno tau tsis nco qab lawm, ntau qhov kev xav tau tau hais txog seb nws txoj haujlwm yuav ua li cas.

Qee tus txawm hais tias lub slab yog qhov tseeb lub portal, ntawm txoj sia thiab kev tuag, symbolizing rebirth. Txawm hais tias qee tus kws tshawb fawb keeb kwm yav dhau los tau xav tias cov duab kos duab zoo nkauj ntawm cov domes, kab, thiab cov nplhaib, yog ib qho kev qhia txog keeb kwm ntawm pob zeb kos duab uas tau pom nyob rau ntau qhov chaw ntawm lub ntiaj teb.

Raws li cov kws tshaj lij, cov cim hnub rov qab mus rau Neolithic thiab Bronze Age thaum ntxov tab sis muaj qee qhov qhia tau pom los txog niaj hnub no los ntawm Hnub Nyoog Hlau.

Tus kws tshawb fawb Alexander McCallum tau hais tias Cochno Pob Zeb yog ib daim ntawv qhia qhia lwm qhov chaw nyob hauv Clyde Valley. Raws li Alexander, cov cim tsis txaus ntseeg yog nco txog cov qoob loo loj heev uas feem ntau tau raug ntaus nqi rau kev vam meej extraterrestrials.

Crop Circle ntawm Liddington, Askiv.
Crop Circle ntawm Liddington, England © lucy pringle

Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo tsis ntev los no, lub pob zeb Cochno yog unburied, kawm thiab reburied los ntawm cov archaeologists ob peb zaug. Lawv khawb qhov chaw thiab siv niaj hnub kev tshawb fawb thiab kev yees duab (3D-imaging technology) los sau cov artwork, vam tias cov ntaub ntawv loj heev uas lawv tau tswj los sau yuav pab lwm tus neeg tshawb fawb los sim txhais cov kab lus qub qub. Yog li ntawd, lub ntsiab lus ntawm lub pob zeb Cochno tseem yog ib qho kev paub tsis meej txog niaj hnub no.