Ngakhale kuti zochita za anthu zakhala zikuchitika m'zigwa zachifunga komanso zamapiri za kum'mwera kwa Caucasus kwa zaka masauzande ambiri, anthu ofukula zinthu zakale akumadzulo adangowapeza posachedwa.
M'zaka makumi anayi zapitazi, lipabuliki yaling'ono kwambiri yomwe kale inali Soviet Union yakopa chidwi kwambiri ndi akatswiri ophunzira komanso alendo odzaona malo chifukwa cha zomwe atulukira kumeneko, kuphatikizapo nsapato zakale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi komanso malo akale kwambiri opangira vinyo, komanso mitsinje ya mzinda wa Urartia. ndi mazana a zotengera zosungiramo vinyo zokwiriridwa pansi. Palibe, komabe, yomwe ili yosangalatsa kwambiri ngati malo ofukula mabwinja a mahekitala 4.5 omwe dzina lawo limatsutsidwa monga momwe adayambira modabwitsa.
Malo a Zorat Karer, omwe amadziwikanso kuti Karahundj m'mawu akomweko, ali kuchigawo chakumwera kwenikweni kwa Armenia ndipo awonapo malo okhala anthu ambiri mzaka masauzande ambiri, kuyambira mbiri yakale mpaka zikhalidwe zakale.
Zimapangidwa ndi manda akale komanso gulu la miyala yamtengo wapatali pafupifupi 200 yomwe ili pafupi. Makumi asanu ndi atatu mwa ma monolithswa amakhala ndi mabowo opukutidwa bwino obowoleredwa kumtunda kwawo.
Zokhumudwitsa akatswiri am'deralo, kafukufuku woyambirira yemwe adafanizira zakuthambo za Zorats Karer ndi za chipilala chodziwika bwino cha Stonehenge ku England m'zaka zaposachedwa wakopa chidwi padziko lonse lapansi ndi ma monoliths.
Malo ambiri oyendera alendo adalabadira kufananizako ndikutcha Zorat Karer mwachisawawa kuti 'Armenian Stonehenge' ndipo mkangano womwe wachitika pakati pa asayansi ndi zikhalidwe zotchuka wakhala wowopsa.
Nkhani yoyamba yaukatswiri ya Zorat Karer inachitika mu 1935 ndi katswiri wa chikhalidwe cha anthu Stepan Lisitsian, yemwe ankati poyamba ankagwira ntchito ngati malo osungira nyama. Kenako, cha m’ma 1950, Marus Hasratyan anapeza zipinda za maliro za m’ma 11 mpaka 9 BCE.
Koma kufufuza koyamba komwe kunachititsa chidwi padziko lonse ku zovutazo kunali kwa katswiri wofukula mabwinja wa Soviet Onnik Khnkikyan, yemwe ananena mu 1984 kuti miyala ya 223 megalithic yomwe inali m'nyumbayi ingakhale yogwiritsidwa ntchito, osati poweta zinyama, koma m'malo mwa kuyang'ana nyenyezi isanayambe.
Ankakhulupirira kuti mabowo omwe ali pamiyalayo, omwe ndi mainchesi awiri m'mimba mwake ndipo amafika mpaka mainchesi makumi awiri kuya, mwina ankagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati ma telescope oyambirira poyang'ana kutali kapena kumwamba.
Pochita chidwi ndi zotsatira za zakuthambo, mndandanda wotsatira wa kufufuza unachitika ndi katswiri wa zakuthambo wotchedwa Elma Parsamian wochokera ku Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, imodzi mwa malo akuluakulu a zakuthambo a USSR.
Iye ndi anzake anawona malo a mabowowo malinga ndi kalendala ya zakuthambo ndipo anatsimikizira kuti angapo a iwo amagwirizana ndi kutuluka kwa dzuŵa ndi kulowa kwa dzuwa pa tsiku la chilimwe.
Alinso ndi udindo wopereka dzina la Karahundj pamalowa, pambuyo pa mudzi womwe uli pamtunda wa makilomita 40 ndi dzina lomweli. Asanafufuze, anthu amderali adatchula malowa kuti Ghoshun Dash, zomwe zikutanthauza "Army of Stones" ku Turkic.
Nthano ya anthu imasonyeza kuti miyalayi inkamangidwa kalekale kuti azikumbukira asilikali omwe anaphedwa pankhondo. Pambuyo pa zaka za m’ma 1930, anthu akumeneko anasintha n’kuyamba kumasulira m’Chiameniya, Zorat Karer. Koma Karahundj, Parsamian adati, adapereka dzina lochititsa chidwi kwambiri chifukwa Kar, amatanthauza mwala, ndi hundj, mawu omveka achilendo omwe alibe tanthauzo mu Chiameniya, amamveka mofanana ndi British 'henge'.
M’zaka zaposachedwapa, dzinali latsutsidwa kwambiri ndi akatswiri komanso m’zolemba zasayansi, dzina lakuti Zorat Karer limagwiritsidwa ntchito pafupifupi.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, katswiri wa radiophysicist wotchedwa Paris Herouni adachita maphunziro angapo osaphunzira ochokera ku Parsamian's, pogwiritsa ntchito njira za telescopic ndi malamulo apambuyo a Earth. Ananenanso kuti malowa adayambira cha m'ma 5500 BCE, asanachitike mnzake waku Britain zaka zopitilira XNUMX.
Anachita upainiya kwambiri poyerekezera mwachindunji ndi Stonehenge ndipo adafika potengera dzina lakuti Stonehenge ku liwu lakuti Karahundj, ponena kuti linali ndi chiyambi cha Chiarmeniya. Analinso m'makalata ndi katswiri wotsogolera wa Stonehenge observatory theory, Gerald Hawkins, yemwe adavomereza ntchito yake. Zonena zake zinali zofulumira kumva, ndipo akatswiri ena amene amatsutsa mwamphamvu zimene iye anapeza apeza kuti n’zovuta kuzithetsa.
Vuto la chizindikiro cha "Armenian Stonehenge", akutero katswiri wa zakuthambo Clive Ruggles mu Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth, ndiloti kusanthula komwe kumadziwika kuti Stonehenge ngati malo owonera zakale kwathetsedwa lero. Zotsatira zake, akuti, kufananiza kofufuza pakati pamasamba awiriwa "ndikosathandiza."
Malinga ndi zimene Pulofesa Pavel Avetisyan, katswiri wofukula za m’mabwinja wa pa National Academy of Sciences ku Armenia, ananena kuti palibe mkangano wa sayansi pa chipilalachi. “Akatswiri amamvetsetsa bwino derali,” iye akutero, “ndipo amakhulupirira kuti ndi chipilala chosanjikizana [chogwiritsidwa ntchito mosiyanasiyana], chomwe chimafuna kukumba ndi kuphunzira kwa nthaŵi yaitali.”
Mu 2000, adathandizira kutsogolera gulu la ofufuza a ku Germany ochokera ku yunivesite ya Munich pofufuza malowa. Muzofukufuku zawo, iwonso, adatsutsa malingaliro owonetsetsa, akulemba, "... [A] kufufuza kwenikweni kwa malo kumabweretsa zotsatira zina. [Zora Karer], yomwe ili pamtunda wamiyala, makamaka inali necropolis kuyambira Middle Bronze Age mpaka Iron Age. Manda amiyala akulu anthawi imeneyi akupezeka mderali. ” Gulu la Avetisyan lidapanga chipilalacho kuti sichinakhalepo chaka cha 2000 BCE, pambuyo pa Stonehenge, komanso adanenanso kuti mwina malowa adakhala ngati pothawirako panthawi yankhondo mu nthawi ya Hellenistic.
“Lingaliro lakuti chipilalacho n’choonerera zakalekale kapena kuti dzina lake ndi Karahundj ndi chiyambi chachinyengo, osati china chilichonse. Zonsezi,” akutero Avetisian, “zilibe chochita ndi sayansi.”
Zachisoni kwa Avetisyan, palibe zida zambiri zachingerezi zomwe zingathandize anthu achizungu omwe ali ndi chidwi kutsutsa mabodza onena za Zorat Karer. Richard Ney, wa ku America yemwe anasamukira ku Armenia mu 1992, anakhazikitsa Armenian Monuments Awareness Project, ndipo mu 1997 analemba zolemba zoyambirira za chinenero cha Chingerezi. Iye wawona zaka zoposa 20 kuchokera mmbuyo ndi mtsogolo.
Amakhulupirira kuti Karahundj "wagwidwa pakati pa nthambi ziwiri zosiyana za sayansi ndi malingaliro otsutsana pa momwe angapezere zoona. Onse ngwodalirika,” iye akutero, “ndipo ndikuona kuti zonse ziri zolondola, koma sindidzavomereza.”
Chipilalacho ndi chokongola kwambiri ndipo chili m'chigawo cha Armenia chomwe chili ndi kukongola kwachilengedwe, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti chikhale ulendo wokopa alendo ambiri chaka chilichonse, ngakhale pali mikangano yonse komanso chilichonse chomwe mungatchule.
Achinyamata a m'tawuni ndi a Neo-Pagans ochokera ku Yerevan, omwe amadziwika kuti amakondwerera zochitika zina za solstices kumeneko, ayambanso kusonyeza chidwi lero. M'mbali zambiri, Zorat Karer ndi umboni wa momwe zofukula zakale zimasoweka, ndipo gawo la zokopa zake nthawi zonse lingakhale chinsinsi.
