Archaeologists tau tshawb pom ib qho tshwj xeeb ntawm keeb kwm thaum khawb hauv lub nroog qub ntawm Perre, nyob hauv lub xeev Adıyaman nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm Turkey.
Ib tug 1,800-xyoo-laus bronze tub rog puav pheej tau pom, nrog Medusa lub taub hau featured rau nws. Medusa, uas tseem hu ua Gorgo nyob rau hauv Greek mythology, yog ib qho ntawm peb lub monstrous Gorgons, uas tau xav tias yuav yog tib neeg cov poj niam nrog cov nab venomous rau cov plaub hau. Cov uas ntsia rau hauv nws lub qhov muag yuav tig mus rau pob zeb.
Lo lus "Medusa" nyob rau hauv ancient Greek lore txhais tau tias "tus neeg saib xyuas." Yog li ntawd, Medusa lub vixaj hauv Greek kos duab feem ntau yog ua haujlwm los ua lub cim kev tiv thaiv thiab piv rau lub qhov muag phem niaj hnub uas tshaj tawm kev tiv thaiv kev phem rog. Medusa yog ib qho kev tiv thaiv amulet nyob rau hauv ancient sij hawm, ib yam li ib tug niaj hnub amulet xav, los tiv thaiv cov dab phem.
Raws li cov lus dab neeg, txawm tias ib nyuag ntsia ntawm lub qhov muag ntawm Medusa yuav tig ib tug neeg mus rau pob zeb. Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm Medusa tus yam ntxwv paub zoo tshaj plaws thiab yog ib qho laj thawj uas nws xav tias yog tus saib xyuas muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv cov dab phem.
Medusa lossis Gorgons feem ntau pom nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Roman Emperors 'los yog generals' armor, nyob rau hauv mosaic pem teb nyob rau hauv teb chaws Aas Kiv thiab tim lyiv teb chaws, thiab nyob rau ntawm phab ntsa ntawm Pompeii. Alexander lub Great kuj tau piav qhia nrog Medusa ntawm nws cov cuab yeej cuab tam, ntawm Issus mosaic.
Zaj dab neeg mus hais tias Minerva (Athena) tau muab ib lub gorgon ntawm nws daim ntaub thaiv kom nws tus kheej ua tub rog ntau dua. Obviously, dab tsi zoo rau ib tug vajtswv poj niam yog qhov zoo rau pawg neeg. Dhau li ntawm Medusa lub ntsej muag yog ib qho qauv tsim ntawm cov ntaub thaiv npog thiab daim npog ntsej muag, nws kuj tau tshwm sim hauv Greek mythology. Zeus, Athena, thiab lwm yam divinities tau portrayed nrog ib daim ntaub thaiv npog Medusa lub taub hau.
Kev khawb hauv qhov chaw txuas ntxiv mus, tsom mus rau mosaics thiab qhov hu ua 'infinity ladder' seem, hais Mehmet Alkan, tus thawj coj ntawm lub tsev cia puav pheej. Raws li Alkan, qhov khoom plig nrog Medusa lub taub hau yog ib qho khoom plig muab rau ib tug tub rog rau nws txoj kev vam meej.
Lawv ntseeg tias nws tau hnav los ntawm ib tug tub rog ntawm lossis ib puag ncig nws daim thaiv thaum lub sijhawm ua tub rog. Xyoo tas los, lawv kuj nrhiav tau 1,800-xyoo-laus tub rog daim ntawv pov thawj ntawm no, uas lawv xav tias tau txais txiaj ntsig rau kev ua tub rog.
