Hun tombs discovered in Mongolia

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Here is the link to the news: medievalnews.blogspot.ca/2012/10/hun-tombs-discovered-in-mongolia.html

[ancalimon]

Thanks for sharing this. I think they are going to talk about this in the Turkish TV channel HaberTurk. (the program named Tarihin Arka Odasý). One of the people from the excavations is going to be a guest.

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

That's nice. I wonder who that will be.

[ancalimon]

Nov 1, 2012 14:39:47 GMT 3 H. İhsan Erkoç said:

That's nice. I wonder who that will be.

Here is the program for those that can understand Turkish:
tvarsivi.com/?y=7&z=2012-11-03+23%3A30%3A00

It says 1500 years old GökTürk kurgan. So it's not a Hun kurgan. I guess this was found together those Hun kurgans?


Mehmet Turgay Kürüm says the following on his Facebook page about the findings:

Çok önemli bir arkeolojik keþif.

Moðolistanda bu yýl bulunan göktürk hakan mezarý.

Bu mezar ve buluntular þu konularý ispatlamaktadýr.
- Türkler 1500 sene önce de mimari konusunda ileri idiler. Kurganýn mimarisi çok ince hesaplar gerektirmekte.
- Türkler resim, rölyef seramik, altýn ve metal iþçiliði konusunda da ileriydiler.
- Ýskitler Türktür. Avrupalýlarýn ýsrarla irani kavim olarak tanýmladýklarý Ýskitlerin eski yunan eserlerindeki tasvirlerinde gördüðümüz giyim ve kuþamlarý ile bu kurgandan çýkan seramik heykellerde yer alan kýyafetlerle örtüþmektedir. Özellikle de baþlýklarý aynýdýr.

-Turkic architecture was sophisticated 1500 years ago. The architecture of the Kurgan requires precise calculations.
-Turks had sophisticated painting, ceramic making, gold and metal working.
-Scythians are Turks. The ceramic statues from the Kurgan and the clothes correspond to those old Greek depictions about Scythians who Europeans persistently claim as being Iranian. Especially the helmets are the same.

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Oh it's this one: steppes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=board05&action=display&thread=1474

However, the Hunnic tombs I'm talking about are different, they date from the Hunnic (Xiongnu) period and are located in the Khövsgöl province in northern Mongolia.

[Yazig]

Thanks for posting this.

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

You're welcome.