Cov pawg ntawm cov khoom tsis meej dawb, cov hmoov nplej pom nyob rau hauv lub ruins ntawm 3,000-xyoo-laus lub tsev nyob rau hauv Armenia yog ib tug ua noj ua haus historian npau suav - cov seem ntawm cov hmoov nplej thaum ub.
Ib pab neeg Polish-Armenian ntawm archaeologists tau tshawb pom thaum ua haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw archaeological hauv lub nroog Metsamor, nyob rau sab hnub poob Armenia, lub Kaum Hli kawg. Thaum txheeb xyuas cov hmoov nplej thiab khawb ob peb lub cub tawg, pab neeg no pom tau hais tias cov qauv qub thaum ub tau ua ib lub ncuav loj loj, uas yog nyob rau qee qhov chaw tawg hauv hluav taws.
Archaeologists pib lub excavation kom paub ntau ntxiv txog lub loj heev, walled kev sib haum xeeb cov keeb kwm nyob rau hauv lub Urartu Kingdom ntawm lub hnub nyoog hlau. Kev tsom mus rau qhov seem ntawm cov vaj tse uas raug hlawv uas tau siv nyob rau hauv Lub Nroog Lower los ntawm ib ncig ntawm 1200-1000 BC, lawv tau txheeb xyuas "ob kab ntawm tag nrho 18 kab ntoo txhawb nqa lub ru tsev reed nrog cov kab ntoo," raws li kev tso tawm los ntawm Poland's Science for Society.
Tag nrho cov uas tseem tshuav yog lub hauv paus pob zeb los ntawm lub tsev cov kab, thiab hu nkauj fragment ntawm nws kab teeb thiab ru tsev. Thaum tus qauv tau tsim los ua qhov chaw cia, cov kws tshawb fawb hais tias muaj pov thawj tias ntau lub qhov cub tau ntxiv tom qab.
Nyob rau hauv cov seem uas ploj lawm, pab neeg pom ib tug dav, nti-tuab txheej ntawm cov hmoov av dawb. Thaum xub thawj lawv xav tias nws yog tshauv, tab sis nyob rau hauv kev coj noj coj ua ntawm xibfwb Kryzstztof Jakubiak, pab pawg tau siv cov txheej txheem ntab los ntub cov hmoov tsis paub thiab txiav txim siab nws qhov tseeb pleev.
Tom qab ua cov tshuaj ntsuam xyuas, pab pawg tau txiav txim siab tias cov khoom no yog cov hmoov nplej uas siv los ci ncuav. Lawv kwv yees tias, nyob rau hauv ib lub sij hawm, kwv yees li 3.5 tons (3.2 metric tons) ntawm hmoov yuav tau muab cia rau hauv lub tsev 82-by-82-foot (25 x 25 meters). Cov kws tshawb fawb kwv yees tias lub tsev noj mov tau ua haujlwm nyob nruab nrab ntawm 11th thiab 9th centuries BC thaum lub hnub nyoog Iron thaum ntxov.
Jakubiak tau hais tias "Qhov no yog ib qho ntawm cov qauv qub tshaj plaws ntawm nws hom hauv Metsamor," Jakubiak tau hais. “Vim hais tias tus qauv lub ru tsev tawg thaum muaj hluav taws, nws tiv thaiv txhua yam, thiab hmoov zoo, cov hmoov nplej tseem muaj sia nyob. Nws yog qhov xav tsis thoob; Raws li ib txwm muaj, txhua yam yuav tsum tau hlawv thiab ploj mus tag nrho. "
Ua ntej lub tsev tau dhau los ua lub tsev noj mov, Jakubiak tau hais tias, tejzaum nws yog "siv rau kev ua koob tsheej lossis kev sib tham, thiab tom qab ntawd tau hloov mus rau hauv kev khaws cia." Txawm hais tias cov hmoov nplej uas tau pom tsis tuaj yeem noj tau ntawm lub sijhawm no, ntev dhau los lub vev xaib ib zaug tuav 7,000 phaus ntawm cov khoom tseem ceeb, taw qhia rau lub khob cij ua rau ntau lawm.
Txawm hais tias tsis paub ntau txog Metsamor cov neeg nyob hauv ancient sij hawm, txij li thaum lawv tsis muaj lus sau, cov kws tshawb fawb paub tias lub nroog fortified tau los ua ib feem ntawm phau Vajlugkub lub nceeg vaj ntawm Urarat (tseem sau Urartu) tom qab tau kov yeej los ntawm Vajntxwv Argishti I hauv 8th. xyoo pua BC. Ua ntej qhov no, nws yuav tau them 247 daim av (100 hectares) thiab ib zaug "sib puag ncig los ntawm lub tuam tsev complexes nrog xya lub chaw dawb huv," raws li Science hauv Poland.
Cov kws tshawb fawb tshawb fawb tau tshawb pom cov khoom noj zoo sib xws nyob ib puag ncig thaj av, tab sis raws li Jakubiak tau sau tseg hauv kev tshaj tawm, Metsamor's tam sim no yog ib qho ntawm cov laus tshaj plaws pom nyob rau sab qab teb thiab sab hnub tuaj Caucasus.
