He found an old city at the bottom of Issyk-Kul Lake

He found an old city at the bottom of Issyk-Kul Lake

Together with the Russian Geographical Association, Russian scientists began a large-scale underwater work of the city, which was flooded in Lake Issyk-Kul. TASS came to Kyrgyzstan as a part of a scientific project dedicated to the anniversary of the famous traveler Peter Semenov-Shansky.

Frame from “Aquaman” movie

Archaeologists already contained modern underwater drones and unique technologies to examine an object of about five meters. According to the Chairman of the expedition, Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Russian Academy of Sciences and Technical Experts Archeology Institute experts Maxim Menshikov’a according to the creation of the right plans for a underwater monument is working. The use of drones not only makes video shooting, but also simplifies the primary intelligence process – without containing divers and expensive equipment.

Scientists say that the main task at this stage is to collect as much data as possible before the start of the excavations. It will record this object and minimize possible damage. Now experts, without eliminating their structures, you can “evaluate” test methods from underwater structures.

The team also included dendrocronologists and paleoseismologists. First, he examines the annual tree rings to create the exact date of the findings, and the second tries to understand whether earthquakes play a key role in the death of an old settlement. According to the preliminary data, the city existed from X to the XIII century and was about one kilometer from the modern Toru Aigyr village. The area is about five square kilometers.

Meanwhile, recently scientists have made another discovery. In ancient times, they managed to recreate a long -term fabric called “Deniz Ipek”.

Source: People Talk

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