اِكْتِشَافُ تِمْثَالٍ قَدِيمٍ لِشَخْصٍ فَوْقَ فَهْدٍ فِي تُرْكِيَا
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اِكْتَشَفَ عُلَماءُ الآثارِ تِمْثالًا حَجَرِيًّا قَدِيمًا فِي مَوْقِعِ كاراهانْ تَبَهْ الأَثَرِيِّ، بِقُرْبِ مَدِينَةِ شانْلِي أُورْفا فِي جَنُوبِ شَرْقِيِّ تُرْكِيَا. وَأَعْلَنَتْ وِزارَةُ الثَّقافَةِ وَالسِّياحَةِ التُّرْكِيَّةُ الخَبَرَ يَوْمَ 25 أُغُسْطُسَ.
يُقَدِّرُ الباحِثُونَ عُمْرَ التِّمْثالِ بِحَوالَيْ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ. وَيُظْهِرُ التِّمْثالُ شَخْصًا جالِسًا فَوْقَ ظَهْرِ فَهْدٍ. وَيَبْلُغُ طُولُهُ سَبْعِينَ سَنْتيمِتْرًا.
وَوَجَدَ الفَريقُ التِّمْثالَ عَلَى مِصْطَبَةٍ حَجَرِيَّةٍ قُرْبَ جِدارِ بِنَاءٍ دائِرِيٍّ. وَقالَتِ الوِزارَةُ إِنَّ أُسْلوبَ التِّمْثالِ لا يُشْبِهُ قِطَعًا أُخْرَى مَعْرُوفَةً. وَلا يَعْرِفُ الباحِثُونَ مَعْنَى المَشْهَدِ بَعْدُ، لٰكِنَّ الاِكْتِشافَ قَدْ يُساعِدُهُمْ عَلَى فَهْمِ حَياةِ النّاسِ القُدَماءِ.
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Ancient Statue of a Person on a Leopard Found in Türkiye
Archaeologists discovered an ancient stone statue at the Karahan Tepe archaeological site, near the city of Şanlıurfa in southeastern Türkiye. Türkiye’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the news on August 25.
Researchers estimate that the statue is about 11,000 years old. It shows a person sitting on the back of a leopard. It is 70 centimeters tall.
The team found the statue on a stone bench near the wall of a round building. The ministry said that the statue’s style does not resemble other known objects. Researchers do not yet know the meaning of the scene, but the discovery may help them understand the lives of ancient people.
Key Vocabulary
| Arabic | Part of speech | English |
|---|---|---|
| اِكْتَشَفَ | verb | discovered |
| تِمْثالًا | noun | a statue |
| حَجَرِيًّا | adjective | made of stone |
| مَوْقِعِ | noun | site |
| فَهْدٍ | noun | leopard |
| مِصْطَبَةٍ | noun | bench; platform |
| دائِرِيٍّ | adjective | round |
| أُسْلوبَ | noun | style |
| مَعْنَى | noun | meaning |
Sources
- Bulgarian News Agency: 11,000-Year-Old Statue of Human Riding Leopard Discovered at Karahantepe in Türkiye
- Live Science: Unlike anything seen before: Archaeologists unearth a unique, 11,000-year-old statue of a person riding a leopard from one of the world's earliest settlements
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