A Turkish archaeologist who’s an professional on petroglyphs claims his crew has discovered extraordinarily previous Gobi Desert petroglyphs made by historic Turkish-speaking peoples, studies Hurriyet Daily. Though not but dated, the prehistoric Mongolian petroglyphs discovered by Semih Güneri, a professor from Dokuz Eylül College who has been engaged on petroglyphs for a decade, present clear proof that they have been carved by migrants from Anatolia or modern-day Turkey. And these specific Gobi Desert petroglyphs, there are numerous, may very well be greater than 15,000 years previous making them one of many oldest within the area.

The latest discovery of completely unknown prehistoric Gobi Desert petroglyphs apparently made by Turkish folks almost 15,000 years in the past is astounding. This Gobi Desert rock-art looking scene is from the Turkic interval (sixth century AD) when Turkish peoples went east once more over the steppes to the Altai area. (Institute of Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Science)

Gobi Desert Petroglyphs Undetected for 15,000 Years?

The Gobi Desert petroglyphs should be geologically dated and the method “would take a while,” Güneri informed Demirören Information Company, in accordance with Hurriyet Daily. However he added, “We have now samples from very early eras. The outcomes could shock all of us as we all know that there have been ethnic teams within the space talking Turkish.”

Whereas the Gobi Desert petroglyphs discovered by Güneri could take a while to be dated, the primary settlement to date discovered within the Gobi Altai area is 13,000 to fifteen,000 years previous. The petroglyphs subsequently probably belong to the identical interval.

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Petroglyphs are rock carvings that have been made by choosing immediately on rock floor utilizing a stone chisel and a hammerstone. When the floor patina was chipped off, the lighter rock beneath was uncovered, creating the petroglyph.

Güneri, who had been working in distant areas in Mongolia for 2 years, stated they’d photographed many petroglyphs. Owing to the remoteness of the area, his crew’s focus has been on gathering information and analyzing it later.

“The areas the place we made archaeological excavations [in the last two years] are rural areas. So we can’t estimate the outcomes of the analysis for now. We recorded what we’ve got came upon and can file [as we find more.] We digitalized the images we’ve got taken. Now we’ll make geological datings and discover the precise dates of the petroglyphs.”

When Güneri and his crew have been requested why it had taken so lengthy to seek out these Gobi Desert petroglyphs, they drew consideration to the inhospitable local weather and terrain and the remoteness of the area.

Petroglyphic artwork etched throughout an enormous rock floor within the Tsagaan Gol River Valley, Altai, Mongolia. (AyanTravel / CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Gobi Desert Petroglyphs: A Profusion of Rock Artwork

Stretching over an enormous area in southern Mongolia and northern and northeastern China, the Gobi Desert covers an space of 500,000 sq. miles (1,294,994 sq. kilometers). The Altai Mountains type its northern boundary. Gobi means “waterless place” in Mongolian and the Gobi is the world’s sixth largest desert on this planet. It’s a desert characterised extra by barren rock and brush than sand. Archaeologists working within the area must fight harsh desert situations and sometimes must work remoted from human settlement.

Nevertheless, regardless of this, many outstanding rock artwork websites have already been found within the Gobi. Of those, the Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai, consisting of three websites with a excessive focus of well-preserved petroglyphs, made it to the UNESCO World Heritage Listing in 2011. Three others, the petroglyphic advanced of Del Uul mountain, petroglyphic advanced of Bichigtiin Am and petroglyphic advanced of Javkhlant Khairkhan mountain, collectively the “Petroglyphic complexes of the Mongolian Gobi,” are on the Tentative Listing, in accordance with the UNESCO site.

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All these rock artwork concentrations are believed to have been created by a nomadic folks of the Bronze Age and are subsequently nowhere close to as previous as those discovered by Güneri and his crew of researchers, if their tentative relationship is to be credited. The outcomes will be “astonishing,” Güneri stated, in accordance with Hurriyet Daily, because the petroglyphs could also be from a time earlier than 15,000 years in the past. “Any such end result would shock us and make us completely satisfied.”

A rock painted on the rocky slopes of the Shiveet Khairkhan Mountains within the Tsengel soum of Bayan-Ulgii province, Mongolia. (Tour Mongolia)

A Turkish Connection?

Güneri said that whereas European researchers have labored in Mongolia, there hasn’t been a lot archaeological excavation executed within the Gobi Desert. Nevertheless, he and his crew undertook the problem, “Within the title of enlightening Turkish historical past, we’ve got accepted the supply to work on the Gobi Desert,” he stated to the Hurriyet Daily.

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He’s additionally satisfied that there are numerous extra petroglyphs with a Turkish connection ready to be discovered within the Gobi. “We’ll unearth all of them, then we’ll pen the outcomes at worldwide scientific articles,” he said.

Whether or not Güneri will have the ability to set up the Turkish connection of the Gobi petroglyphs he has discovered, whether or not they’re really as previous as he believes them to be and whether or not he’ll discover extra such, are questions solely future developments present solutions to. The 2 years he and his crew have spent archaeologically exploring distant areas of the Mongolian Gobi have already yielded rock artwork that nobody knew even existed!

Prime picture: Semih Güneri, a professor from Dokuz Eylül College who has been engaged on Mongolian petroglyphs for a decade, taking a rubbing of the probably 15,000-year-old Gobi Desert petroglyphs he has recognized with historic Turkish talking peoples. Supply: Demirören News Agency

By Sahir Pandey