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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Yeni Turcan Mound Alternative Name: Gala MuseumCountry: Azerbaijan
NOTE: This site is 0.298 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Baku Nearest Village: Gala
Latitude: 40.439610N Longitude: 50.164030E
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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Cairn in Azerbaijan
Burial Mound at Yeni Turcan with Two Statues.
Original location: N, 40 deg, 22 min, 54.2 sec; E 50 deg, 9 min, 44.5 sec
This most unusual burial mound was excavated as part of a rescue dig due to an expanding limestone quarry. The statues appeared to be male and female with their top or heads broken. The reason for this damage or burial is unknown but it is plausible that the images were ceremonially killed at a time when an old, perhaps polytheistic religion was giving way to a new one. The statues were then reverently buried in a manner fitting to a tribal leader. The burial mound has now been relocated to a museum site at Gala on the Apsheron Peninsula.
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