The researchers and students of the Margarian University discovered two rare bronze knives, dated over 2700 years ago.
The discovery was made in the Bayanaul region of Pavlodar province, Kazakhstan, in a recently identified necropolis-Toraygyr-7-near the picturesque of Lake Toraygyr in Bayana National Park.
These blades, made with mastery, belong to the early period of the era of the sacs. The era of the sacs is a period in the history of Central Asia related to the sacic (or Sace) nomadic tribes, which lived approximately between the 8th centuries BC. and III BC The sacks were people talking about Iranian languages, living in the steppes and mountains of the present Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, northern Tien-Sanului and the neighboring regions. According to Elena Tușeva, the main conservative of the archaeological collection of the Margarian University, the knives were poured using ancient techniques of local bronze metallurgy.
“The style of the blades reflects characteristics of the early iron age, demonstrating that the region already developed advanced metal processing technologies and maintained stable cultural links at that time,” explained Tușeva.
This discovery is considered one of the oldest bronze artifacts ever found in the Pavlodar province and contributes to the deeper understanding of the technological evolution in the Kazakh steppe.
At the place of the excavations were discovered and human remains belonging to the Culture of Tesla – an important nomadic civilization in Central Kazakhstan, which prospered between the 7th and 3rd centuries BC. The people of the Culture Tasla are known for their “complex” graves, tumors with stone structures and even astronomical orientations. Student Angelina Grișcenko noted that the skeletal remains were kept well, allowing the researchers to determine the sex, age and anthropological features of individuals. In a deeper layer, archaeologists have discovered an even older burial, belonging to Andronovo culture, which indicates a cultural continuity between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.
The famous “gold man” of Kazakhstan, decorated with thousands of gold ornaments, is attributed to this powerful people.
