Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Dec 16, 2013 12:45:23 GMT 3
www.hurriyet.com.tr/kultur-sanat/25362224.asp
A joint Turkish-Mongolian-Chinese archaeology project has excavated 15 kurgans from the Gokturk period (6th-8th centuries) in Mongolia, most of them near the two monument-inscriptions of the Gokturk statesman Tonyuquq (who died around 725) in Bayantsogt near Ulaanbaatar. The archaeologists say one of these kurgans might belong to Tonyuquq himself, and these are the first graves with human remains found from the Gokturk period (as you know, the Gokturks, contrary to most of the Turkic peoples, burnt their dead instead of burying so no physical remains from the Gokturk people could be found up to now). The kurgans also contain numerous grave finds. I am eager to know more about these kurgans.
A joint Turkish-Mongolian-Chinese archaeology project has excavated 15 kurgans from the Gokturk period (6th-8th centuries) in Mongolia, most of them near the two monument-inscriptions of the Gokturk statesman Tonyuquq (who died around 725) in Bayantsogt near Ulaanbaatar. The archaeologists say one of these kurgans might belong to Tonyuquq himself, and these are the first graves with human remains found from the Gokturk period (as you know, the Gokturks, contrary to most of the Turkic peoples, burnt their dead instead of burying so no physical remains from the Gokturk people could be found up to now). The kurgans also contain numerous grave finds. I am eager to know more about these kurgans.
