The archaeological monument “Lower Julat” will be included in the UNESCO list
This proposal was made by the Fund for the Preservation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. According to the Foundation’s employees, this monument can now be included in the preliminary list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
According to the Advisor to the Foundation for Science, Karmov Timur, the experts have already begun to prepare a passport of this cultural heritage site and are preparing for the conduct of archaeological work.
Timur also clarified that the idea of using the monument “Nizhny Dzhulat” in the Tersky district as a large project to organize an international cultural and historical park originated from specialists a long time ago. In addition, a year ago, the practical stage of the implementation of this process has already begun. During the first stage of work, it is planned to bring all related documentation in accordance with established requirements and standards. It is also necessary to prepare a passport of this object, establish boundaries and organize an initial launching special site for carrying out work on the creation of a full-scale museum-reserve, cultural and historical park.
Among other things, according to Timur, it will also be necessary to carry out appropriate archaeological work. Karmov also emphasized that the Lower Julat monument, in terms of its indicators, fits all the standards and sections of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. That is: there is a connection with historical events, there is good transport accessibility, which contributes to the inclusion of this cultural complex first in the preliminary, and ultimately in the final main list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Karma suggests that all measures taken can help preserve this monument. And this needs to be done, because at the moment, unfortunately, the problem of preserving monuments of cultural and historical heritage remains very relevant.
According to Timur, for example, so-called “black diggers” come to “Lower Julat” from other regions of the country, and, in addition, construction work is also carried out there.
Timur noted that the implementation of this planned project will not be carried out without the necessary security measures - the monument will fence off and limit access to this object.
The implementation of archaeological work to preserve the monument
The first archaeological excavations at the site under discussion were carried out in the 40-60s of the last century. According to the director of the Institute of Archeology of the Caucasus, Atabiev Biyaslan, who also became a partner of the Fund for the Preservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, the creation of a cultural and historical park contributes to the implementation of full-scale archaeological work. These works will help specialists lift the veil of the mysterious secrets of this cultural complex.
The director also explained that today only an insignificant component of this monument is open. And with regards to the rest of its area, which amounts to several dozens of hectares, the experts on this subject so far have only speculations ...
According to Atabiev, according to today's current standards, in order to create a full-scale comprehensive program, it is necessary first of all to describe in detail all existing objects included in a given cultural complex. “And this is not only a settlement and a citadel, but also the adjacent craft center and necropolis, as well as numerous settlements of ordinary community members,” explained Biyaslan Atabiev.
Further, it is planned to carry out full-scale archaeological excavations with subsequent conservation of cultural and historical objects. First of all, this procedure is due to the fact that many of the structures identified to date created with the use of raw brick (unbaked clay). According to the expert, taking into account the climatic factor of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, it is necessary to take into account that when facilities are opened without subsequent preservation of structures, all objects of cultural heritage in this territory will be doomed to their death ...
The next stage of the work to be carried out will be the establishment by the relevant specialists-archeologists of the most accurate boundaries of the archaeological excavations carried out earlier in this area.
“At Dzhulat, the largest cathedral mosque in the Caucasus with an area of almost 500 square meters was uncovered, but we do not know whether conservation measures were taken when the excavations took place. If not, during repeated excavations of the same areas it will be necessary to simultaneously protect the monument from destruction,” Atabiev clarified.
Following this, it is planned to carry out a subsequent reconstruction stage, which, according to the researchers, will be a physical reconstruction of the facilities, while recreating also the bulk 3D models of the objects.
In conclusion, the archaeologist explained that this ancient historical monument is planned to be “brought into shape” in some places - through reconstruction, and in others - using three-dimensional images and special holograms.
“For example, the entire city will be illuminated against the background of the night sky, and tourists will be able to observe it,” the archaeologist concluded.
Information about the monument
The project “International Historical and Cultural Park Dzhulat” itself, which, by the way, received support from the Presidential Grants Fund this year, primarily sets itself the task of preserving, studying and popularizing the archaeological monument of federal significance “Lower Dzhulat”. The entire complex that makes up this object contains citadels and “villages”, which are surrounded by ditches and ramparts, and a settlement is also adjacent to them.
According to archaeologists, the settlement in this area appeared in the last centuries BC and continuously existed right up to the 7 century of our era.
Further, according to historians, life on “Julat” was closely connected with the emergence of the medieval Eurasian state “Golden Horde”. It is known that at the end of the XIII-XIV centuries, “Lower Julat” was, by the way, one of the largest cities of the famous Golden Horde at that time in the entire North Caucasus. It had: residential craft quarters, impenetrable protective walls, and, among other things, the largest cathedral mosque with a minaret in the entire region.
Published based on materials from http://tass.ru
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