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The giant ground drawing "Zyuratkul's Elk" has finally been dated. It turned out to be the same age as the megaliths on the island of Vera (Turgoyak). That is, "Moose" is already five and a half thousand years old.

Archaeologists are summing up the results of two field seasons, during which excavations and research were carried out on a geoglyph found on one of the sites on the Zyuratkul ridge. The South Urals ancient megalithic monument has already gained worldwide fame.

Our interlocutor was an archaeologist, candidate of historical sciences, senior researcher of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the excavations at Zyuratkul Stanislav GRIGORIEV.

- First of all, Stanislav Arkadyevich, how did you manage to determine the age of the geoglyph?

Two radiocarbon dates were obtained from the object. Specialists from the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences from Yekaterinburg took soil samples from under the stones. Under laboratory conditions, organic matter is selected from humus - spores, pollen, elements of macroflora - and a study is carried out. As a result, with a probability of over 95.4%, a date was obtained - 38 - 35th century BC, and with a probability of 68% - 37 - 36th century. I take a larger tolerance, because it is possible that in ancient times, when one layer of soil was removed, an earlier one was exposed. In addition, there are failures ... We wanted to use the thermoluminescent dating method. After the stones are burned in a fire, the isotopes accumulated in microcracks come out, and the accumulation of new ones begins. This way you can determine when the stone hit the fire. Along the edges of the geoglyph line, two ancient bonfires were discovered. They were read in the form of clusters of red-pink calcined pieces of quartzite, which were split from the impact of fire. They wanted to conduct an examination in Germany, but it turned out that just quartzite is not suitable for the thermoluminescent method. Quartz is needed, but it is not on the geoglyph.

- That is, so far we have stopped at the date of the 38th - 35th centuries BC. e.?

Further research is needed, but it is clear that the geoglyph is more than five and a half thousand years old. And this is the beginning of the Eneolithic, the Copper-Stone Age. This is a special period in the history of the Urals, when large stratified communities arose, similar to those on the island of Vera, and left megalithic structures. Both the geoglyph and what we found on the island of Vera are monuments of the same time ... I made calculations for the island of Vera, taking into account labor costs during the construction of buildings, taking into account the fact that food was then obtained only by hunting, fishing and gathering. The resource of Turgoyak is clearly not enough to feed so many workers. The people who built the megaliths on the island inhabited the territory within a radius of 100 - 200 kilometers. The same thing happened at Zyuratkul.

- How was the geoglyph laid out?

The width of the lines with which the drawing is made is four to five meters. To this was added about two and a half meters on each side. Then the sod was removed from the entire strip and stones, large and small, were thrown onto the contour of the geoglyph. There was also some clay in there. By the way, the soil layer on the geoglyph is 20-30 centimeters, and beyond it 50, because of this, the pattern is visible from space. The stones with which the geoglyph is laid out are of different breeds. Mostly, these are quartzites, but tuff is also found. In 2012, 44 stone tools were found, in 2013 - 80. Among the finds, there are many stone hoes, a backing knife, a hammer ... The only find of flint was a large chip from an amorphous core without processing. Among the tools for digging, there are both large forms weighing up to three kilograms, and small ones, up to five centimeters in size. So, the work was carried out not only by men, but also by women and even children. They built the whole world from young to old, and this was done not so much to speed up construction, but for ritual purposes, to strengthen social ties. The experience of researching drawings on the Nazca plateau shows that the lines have changed, corrected. The original lines without geophysics can now not be determined. Initially, of course, there was a “general project”, they knew what they were building, but for them, first of all, it was a cult. At the end, apparently, a ritual ceremony was performed: we found two bonfires along the edges of the contour, maybe there were others ... The study of stone tools was carried out by Vyacheslav Kotov, a senior researcher at the Institute of History, Language and Literature of the Ufa Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The children of the archaeological circle of the Chelyabinsk Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren named after Krupskaya were of great help in collecting the finds. The circle is headed by Sergey Markov. Last year, Channel One journalists filmed a documentary about Zyuratkul, the film will be shown soon.

Last year, there was a fuss in the media about the discovery of a certain Eneolithic “mega-village” on the banks of the Zyuratkul, in which the builders of the geoglyph allegedly lived, and there were 10,000 of them. Did you do research on site?

There really was a buzz about this. First, Oleg Mustafin, an employee of the Zyuratkul Eco-Park, found strange straight masonry not far from the Whale Quay. Everything around is littered with ancient stone tools. Across the bay, satellite images also show a rectangular structure. And local historian Alexander Shestakov suggested that this is one building and most of it is located under the bay ... And so the information about 10 thousand people appeared. But the second structure is not masonry, but ditches to remove water. There is a powerful peat bog in that place, and it was drained in the 20th century, it is of no interest to us ... And the structure discovered by Mustafin is actually a megalithic object. Not a dwelling, because not a single fragment of ceramics was found there. And what it is, I don't know. Nobody dug anything like that. But it is indisputable that this structure is the same age as the geoglyph.

- There is a theory that the name of the lake is also associated with this megalithic object...

According to one version, a direct translation from the Bashkir language of the toponym Zyuratkul will mean "Big Horse Lake" or "Lake of the Big Horse". "Zur" - "big", "at" - "horse", "kul" - "lake". Such an interpretation is given by a well-known specialist in the field of the Ural dialect vocabulary and toponymy A.K. Matveev. And this is quite appropriate in light of the importance for the Bashkirs of horse grazing places. But in toponyms, in addition to consonance, there must be an etymological link. In this case, it was not: there are no pastures on Zyuratkul. But it can be assumed that a thousand years ago the ancestors of the Bashkirs could see this geoglyph from the ridge much better than it is visible now, and interpret it as an image of a horse.

- What steps should be taken now to preserve the monument?

It is necessary to develop tourism, and this requires understanding from the Satka administration and the leadership of the National Park, on whose territory the geoglyph is located. And it is, but we need to come to an agreement ... In addition to the tourism infrastructure itself, which at the very least develops in Zyuratkul, this resort needs spectacles that people will go to. We need branding... For example, you can, of course, attract people to Chebarkul Lake with the help of a meteorite, but, firstly, this requires some kind of museum complexes, something to look at. Secondly, such things should have development. Archaeological excavations stopped at Turgoyak, and the flow of tourists fell by half. The same thing happened at Zyuratkul when Kitov's pier was dismantled.

- What exactly needs to be done on a geoglyph to save it?

It is necessary to create a museum object. Termination of excavations in their current form - they are detrimental to the monument. The geoglyph stood for five thousand years, and will stand for another 100 - until better times. It is necessary to excavate a larger area to show the size of the object. Then everything, except for the contour of the geoglyph, needs to be turfed. In addition, it is important to build a drainage system at the site, because during rains, water washes away all upper layer… At the moment, the geoglyph is visible only in late spring and early autumn. We need to figure out how to make it open for review. long time. How to do it, I don't know. Maybe install a special tower or equip platforms on the tops of the ridge. Someone suggests laying trails so that tourists pass and strengthen the contours of the geoglyph. It is proposed to strengthen the soil. But so far there are no projects. And without the creation of a museum and a museumification project for the object, we will annually worsen the view of the object from above. It is necessary to understand in an elementary way what to do with the excavated soil and the excavated area.

- How are things going with the financing of your excavations?

In 2012, funding went. By December, we even received money, half of which went to pay for the work of specialists, for examinations. At that time, the National Park helped us with housing, it would have been difficult for us to live in tents on the mountain ... In 2013, we did not receive a penny for the excavations, we worked at our own expense. In February last year, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation allocated one million 310 thousand rubles under the federal target program "Culture of Russia". But due to incorrect paperwork in local departments, the money was not received. In the next field season, maybe, if there are funds, we will take samples for radiocarbon analysis, we will conduct other studies, but there will be no excavations as such. In the spring we are also going to go with specialists and Oleg Mustafin to the facility that he opened. Low level water will last for several days. Should be on time.

- You feel a bit tired. Disappointment…

After working on the island of Vera, I became a realist. One person can raise a fuss, create an illusion that will be replicated in the media, but will not really do anything. I don't want to do this. I repeat, things will move from the dead center on Zyuratkul when an agreement is reached at the local level. And now it is necessary to break through not the financing of excavations, but the museumification of the geoglyph ... In order to insure that someone will master the money on the excavations of this object, when I submit a report to the field committee, I will also write a paper: open sheet to this site to anyone, including me. Until there is a museumification project. I do not want a repeat of the story with the island of Vera!

Geoglyph Zyuratkul Elk

On the territory of the national park "Zyuratkul", under a layer of soil is located ancient drawing made of stones and clay in the form of a perspective in the form of an animal that most of all resembles the Elk - living in the Ural part of our country for more than 20 thousand years.

The drawing is so huge that it can only be seen in its entirety from a bird's eye view or from space. A dating of stonework suggests an age of 8-10 thousand years.

But more interesting is why Elk? Unable to test all available guesses in the winter, and due to the lack of equipment, people with evolutionary qualities sufficient for deep viewing of the place offered help. The information that was received confirmed the folded mosaic, and therefore the story was continued using only those facts that it is already possible for anyone to verify - especially since any sane person should do this. Summary - the version that on the territory of the national park after the catastrophe that occurred more than 13 thousand years ago, amazing rituals, which allowed those who wished to develop various evolutionary qualities. And the structure of the Los actively indicated to whom, how, with what and where to develop.

The geoglyph is a curved line more than two kilometers long and about five meters wide. It folds into a pattern resembling the figure of an elk. The geoglyph was laid out with stones 20-30 centimeters in diameter, taken right there, on Mount Zyuratkul. The figure of an elk is enclosed in a square approximately 250 by 250 meters.

For many thousands of years, the geoglyph has been covered with a cultural layer, and it is quite difficult to notice it in our time. Now a five-meter strip of stones is covered with earth, grass grows on it. But it blooms earlier and turns yellow earlier, so during periods of changing seasons, the geoglyph line can be traced. There are also separate sections of the drawing where grass does not grow at all, and in some areas a forest has long appeared. The satellite image shows the elk's head, four legs, and horn very clearly.

Such huge and expensive (in terms of labor and intellectual costs) structures are always and everywhere related to cosmology. The Zyuratkul geoglyph is no exception. This elk depicts the constellation Elk. There is no such constellation on modern maps of the starry sky - it has long been lost by southern civilizations. And here in the northern sky, the figure of an elk can be found. And the Zyuratkul geoglyph will help in this hopeless case. In the sky you need to find a twin of the earthly figure. It turns out that the problem has a unique solution. The Ancient Elk is now represented by six constellations at once: Perseus, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Triangle, Aries and Pisces. The Lost Elk is a huge constellation. Now it is perfectly visible in the southern part of the winter sky.

Archaeologists have already called the monument a cult object. The contour of the elk is supposedly created in order to demonstrate it to the Sky. But scientists can't add anything to this impressive statement. Another version is simpler: the geoglyph is a dedication to a game animal elk. Hunted, worshiped, that's what they did. Such an opinion is not at all good, because it raises a natural question: they hunted elk always and everywhere, so why was the geoglyph created only on Zyuratkul? They hunted a bear, a roe deer, a wild boar, a hare and other trifles - and did they also make geoglyphs?

It can be seen with the naked eye that a humanitarian approach to the study of another sensational monument will not bring rich fruits. This has already happened on Arkaim, the same thing happened on Vera Island, and it will also happen on Zyuratkul.

And now the natural science solution of the problem

Such huge and expensive (in terms of labor and intellectual costs) structures are always and everywhere related to cosmology. The Zyuratkul geoglyph is no exception. This moose represents the constellation Elk.. There is no such constellation on modern maps of the starry sky - it has long been lost by southern civilizations. But in the northern sky you can find the figure of an elk. And the Zyuratkul geoglyph will help in this hopeless case. In the sky you need to find a twin of the earthly figure. It turns out that the problem has a unique solution. The Ancient Elk is now represented by six constellations at once: Perseus, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Triangulum, Aries and Pisces. The Lost Elk is a huge constellation. Now it is perfectly visible in the southern part of the winter sky. It can be seen this winter, it will be seen next winter and many more winters in a row - precession is a slow business - 1 ° in 72 years.

Ancient astronomy knew in this part of the sky several similar large constellations, which much later, already in the Greek sky, broke up into small fragments and characters. Such was the Bull (the modern constellations Taurus, Charioteer and part of Orion), depicted in the French cave of Lyaska (the famous fresco with the dead, 17 thousand years old). Such was the Great Mother (constellations Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Triangulum, Aries, Pisces). This constellation is depicted in many on painted ceramics and in small sculpture of the Middle East, Anatolia and the Balkans, in the cultures of the ceramic Neolithic and Eneolithic. Some historians refer to these cultures as the "Great Mother Civilization". There are other constellations included in mythological subjects and in the art of ancient people. None of the humanitarian historians sees celestial constellations in these images. Because they can't see. What is true is what is true. But this does not change the essence of the matter.

Why is the figure of a heavenly beast depicted in a clearing between the Zyuratkul ridge and Zyuratkul lake? To answer this question, several simple measurements in the same Google Earth geoserver. Then you can find out:

The highest point of Zyuratkul is 54° 57′ 25′′ N. 59° 10′ 48′′ E

From the top of the Zyuratkul ridge to the geoglyph from 1700 to 1900 m, azimuth from 151° to 158°

The middle of the figure is removed by 1800 m, azimuth 154.5 ° - south-southeast

The only problem is that to solve this simple cosmological problem, you cannot use computer astronomical programs - in ancient times they shamelessly lie. These programs work fine only for a short historical interval. They are not intended for excursions into the Paleolithic sky.

It remains to find the celestial analogue of the Elk, which in modern conditions and in the modern sky will play the same role that the Elk played in the Paleolithic. It turns out that there is only one constellation in the sky that can fully satisfy the refined taste of cosmologists. This constellation is now called Ophiuchus. Firstly, the modern Ophiuchus in the starry sky is symmetrical to the ancient Elk. Secondly, - now he lies on the celestial equator exactly the same as Elk lay on the same celestial equator 11 thousand years ago. Consequently, the conditions and circumstances of the rise of Ophiuchus at the present time over Lake Zyuratkul for an observer on the top of the Zyuratkul ridge are identical to those for the end of the Paleolithic 11 thousand years ago. So much for celestial mechanics.

Now the situation can be easily simulated in the astronomical program and observed on the Zyuratkul ridge.

Simulation shows that Ophiuchus ascends and moves into position June 22, i.e. the day of the summer solstice, 40 minutes or even an hour after sunset. And the Sun sets on the shortest day of the year at 22:43 local time. The same was observed in ancient times.. At first, the stars of the Elk figure lit up against the background of the evening dawn (heliacal sunrise), and both Elks were clearly visible at the same time. Then the sky darkened and the already bright starry Elk shifted to the south and stood exactly above the earthly figure of the Elk - a geoglyph.

There is one oddity in such a reconstruction: the angular dimensions of the geoglyph for an observer on the Zyuratkul ridge are 7 °, and the angular dimensions of the constellation are about 30 °. In order for the sizes of the figures to match, you need to go down from the ridge and get closer to the feet of the earthly Elk at a distance of 365 meters. At the same time, the gap between the figures will also decrease - the entire water area of \u200b\u200bLake Zyuratkul will no longer be visible between them.

By the way, this water area also resembles the figure of an elk. Its angular dimensions are about 60°. The head of this water moose big horns is directed towards the viewer on the Zyuratkul ridge, and the legs are extended to the north. It "goes" from the southeast to the northwest. From the Elk of heaven to the Elk of the earth. But there was one more elk - a reflection of a stellar beast on the smooth surface of the evening lake. So there were four Elks on Zyuratkul, not two. However, this amazing picture can be seen accurately and in detail only with direct observation on the ground.

The spectator, who got to the right place at the right time and was initiated into the subtleties of cosmology, will experience strong aesthetic and spiritual experiences.

Now one can even think that the name of the lake Zyuratkul and the Zyuratkul ridge is somehow connected with the name of the celestial beast Elk and its earthly reflection - the geoglyph. It remains only to find out what language the inhabitants of these places spoke at the end of the Paleolithic. The name of the miraculous Aryan beast (no doubt an elk) Sharabha with eight feet comes from the Ural-Altaic “*sarta”, in the Mari and Mansi languages \u200b\u200bhas an analogue - the taboo name of the elk - “sharp (shord)”. Horse of the German Odin eight feet, the son of Loki named Sleipnir ("Sliding"), is an image of a completely different constellation, namely Pegasus Square.

Toponymists derive the Bashkir name Zyuratkul from Zyurak-kul and from Yurak-kul, that is, "Heart is a lake." However, the Turks in the Urals live quite recently - they did not yet exist in the Mesolithic and Neolithic. But there were Ugry. If you listen closely, you can hear the ancient name of the elk in Zyurat-Kul and Satka.

But now you can safely wait for the results of full-scale archaeological excavations. And let now only rare wise men and unique talents deny the very fact of the existence of the geoglyph, its observatory purpose, and the absolute (so far preliminary, and therefore cautious) dating - 8 - 10 millennium BC.

Scientists have unraveled the history of the emergence of a huge rock image of an elk near Lake Zyuratkul in the Ural Mountains of Russia. It was created by the children of one of the lost civilizations about 6000 years ago.

The drawing, which is 275 meters long, depicts an animal with four legs, horns and a long muzzle. This image of an elk is the world's oldest known geoglyph, writes The Daily Mail.

“Judging by the different sizes of the tools, ranging from 17 to 2 centimeters in length, we can assume that they were used by both adults and children,” explained Dr. Stanislav Grigoriev, senior researcher at the Chelyabinsk Institute of History and Archeology.

In total, about 155 tools were found near the geoglyph, mainly intended for digging.

Researchers hope they can find pottery remains in the area that will give them clues to the mysterious civilization behind this geoglyph.

“If we find ceramics at this site, then it can help us determine the exact date of construction and understand who these people were who created this geoglyph. It is obvious that its creation has a great social significance. Geoglyphs are symbols of unity,” Dr. Grigoriev is sure.

The drawing has puzzled archaeologists, who have been unable to figure out its origin since it was discovered in 2011. But now experts are sure that it was the children who created it. At the same time, it was not the slave labor of children, but involvement in the mass construction process.

The geoglyph was discovered thanks to satellite images of the area. It is older than British equivalents such as the White Horse and the Giant.

In the fall of 2011, another historical sensation was born: the largest and oldest geoglyph in the world was found in the Southern Urals. The Urals is rich in historical masterpieces: first "Arkaim", then "Island of Faith", and now here's "Zyuratkul's Elk". “Porridge was brewed” by local historian Alexander Shestakov. Then the well-known South Ural archaeologist S.A. Grigoriev. Archaeologist Grigoriev is known to the general public precisely by the “Island of Vera” on Lake Turgoyak. However, Stanislav Arkadyevich also dug "Arkaim". Together with an experienced archaeologist Nikolai Mikhailovich Menshenin, he managed to dig pits on the monument before the snow.

For reference: a geoglyph is a geometric or figured pattern applied to the ground, usually over 4 meters long. Many geoglyphs are so large that they can only be seen from the air. There are several ways to create geoglyphs: by removing the top layer of soil along the perimeter of the pattern, by pouring rubble where the pattern line should pass, by planting trees that form the necessary pattern. The use of geoglyphs for artistic purposes is still resorted to today.

The result of the first study greatly pleased the enthusiasts, but upset the skeptics. Firstly, there is undoubtedly a monument! A stone laying of artificial origin was discovered, that is, the laying was made by people intentionally. Secondly, there is no cultural layer on the monument. There are no artifacts, but there is buried soil, comparing which with modern soil, by its growth, one can approximately date the time of excavation - from 8 to 4 thousand years ago. Thirdly, in connection with the positive result of the pitting, a decision was made on a full-scale archaeological study. Excavations are planned for summer 2013. Now all interested parties can and should put aside hasty assessments and wait for the results of the study.
Archaeologists have already called the monument a cult object. The contour of the elk is supposedly created in order to demonstrate it to the Sky. But scientists can't add anything to this impressive statement. Another version is simpler: the geoglyph is a dedication to a game animal elk. Hunted, worshiped, that's what they did. Such an opinion is not at all good, because it raises a natural question: they hunted elk always and everywhere, so why was the geoglyph created only on Zyuratkul? They hunted a bear, a roe deer, a wild boar, a hare and other trifles - and did they also make geoglyphs?
It can be seen with the naked eye that a humanitarian approach to the study of another sensational monument will not bring rich fruits. This has already happened on Arkaim, the same thing happened on Vera Island, and it will also happen on Zyuratkul.

And now the natural science solution of the problem

Such huge and expensive (in terms of labor and intellectual costs) structures are always and everywhere related to cosmology. The Zyuratkul geoglyph is no exception. This elk represents the constellation Elk. There is no such constellation on modern maps of the starry sky - it has long been lost by southern civilizations. But in the northern sky you can find the figure of an elk. And the Zyuratkul geoglyph will help in this hopeless case. In the sky you need to find a twin of the earthly figure. It turns out that the problem has a unique solution. The Ancient Elk is now represented by six constellations at once: Perseus, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Triangulum, Aries and Pisces. The Lost Elk is a huge constellation. Now it is perfectly visible in the southern part of the winter sky. It can be seen this winter, it will be seen next winter and many more winters in a row - precession is a slow business - 1 ° in 72 years.

Ancient astronomy knew in this part of the sky several similar large constellations, which much later, already in the Greek sky, broke up into small fragments and characters. Such was the Bull (the modern constellations Taurus, Charioteer and part of Orion), depicted in the French cave of Lyaska (the famous fresco with the dead, 17 thousand years old). Such was the Great Mother (constellations Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Triangulum, Aries, Pisces). This constellation is depicted in many on painted ceramics and in small sculpture of the Middle East, Anatolia and the Balkans, in the cultures of the ceramic Neolithic and Eneolithic. Some historians refer to these cultures as the "Great Mother Civilization". There are other constellations included in mythological subjects and in the art of ancient people. None of the humanitarian historians sees celestial constellations in these images. Because they can't see. What is true is what is true. But this does not change the essence of the matter.

Why is the figure of a heavenly beast depicted in a clearing between the Zyuratkul ridge and Zyuratkul lake? To answer this question, you need to make some simple measurements in the same Google Earth geoserver. Then you can find out:
The highest point of Zyuratkul has coordinates 54° 57" 25"" N 59° 10" 48"" E.
From the top of the Zyuratkul ridge to the geoglyph from 1700 to 1900 m, azimuth from 151° to 158°
The middle of the figure is removed by 1800 m, azimuth 154.5 ° - south-southeast

Of particular importance is the azimuth and bearing south-southeast. It is necessary to understand when and under what circumstances the newly acquired constellation Elk rose above this part of the horizon for an observer standing on the highest point of the Zyuratkul ridge. It is necessary that the heavenly Elk stand exactly above the earthly Elk, and both Elks must be visible at the same time. In this case, it is necessary to calculate an astronomical or calendar event that occurs at the same moment. Winter and spring are excluded - the geoglyph is not visible under the snow. And autumn in the era of glaciation is not very suitable. The summer solstice remains. Now it's time to realize that for the observer, the summer solstice was the New Year. That's all. It's time to solve a problem from celestial mechanics.
The only problem is that to solve this simple cosmological problem, you cannot use computer astronomical programs - in ancient times they shamelessly lie. These programs work fine only for a short historical interval. They are not intended for excursions into the Paleolithic sky.
It remains to find the celestial analogue of the Elk, which in modern conditions and in the modern sky will play the same role that the Elk played in the Paleolithic. It turns out that there is only one constellation in the sky that can fully satisfy the refined taste of cosmologists. This constellation is now called Ophiuchus. Firstly, the modern Ophiuchus in the starry sky is symmetrical to the ancient Elk. Secondly, - now he lies on the celestial equator exactly the same as Elk lay on the same celestial equator 11 thousand years ago. Consequently, the conditions and circumstances of the rise of Ophiuchus at the present time over Lake Zyuratkul for an observer on the top of the Zyuratkul ridge are identical to those for the end of the Paleolithic 11 thousand years ago. So much for celestial mechanics.
Now the situation can be easily simulated in the astronomical program and observed on the Zyuratkul ridge.
Modeling shows that Ophiuchus rises and moves to the desired position on June 22, that is, on the day of the summer solstice, 40 minutes or even an hour after sunset. And the Sun sets on the shortest day of the year at 22:43 local time. The same was observed in antiquity. At first, the stars of the Elk figure lit up against the background of the evening dawn (heliacal sunrise), and both Elks were clearly visible at the same time. Then the sky darkened and the already bright starry Elk shifted to the south and stood exactly above the earthly figure of the Elk - a geoglyph.
There is one oddity in such a reconstruction: the angular dimensions of the geoglyph for an observer on the Zyuratkul ridge are 7 °, and the angular dimensions of the constellation are about 30 °. In order for the sizes of the figures to match, you need to go down from the ridge and get closer to the feet of the earthly Elk at a distance of 365 meters. At the same time, the gap between the figures will also decrease - the entire water area of \u200b\u200bLake Zyuratkul will no longer be visible between them.
By the way, this water area also resembles the figure of an elk. Its angular dimensions are about 60°. The head of this water elk with large horns is directed towards the viewer on the Zyuratkul ridge, and its legs are extended to the north. It "goes" from the southeast to the northwest. From the Elk of heaven to the Elk of the earth. But there was one more elk - a reflection of a stellar beast on the smooth surface of the evening lake. So there were four Elks on Zyuratkul, not two. However, this amazing picture can be seen accurately and in detail only with direct observation on the ground.
The spectator, who got to the right place at the right time and was initiated into the subtleties of cosmology, will experience strong aesthetic and spiritual experiences.
Now one can even think that the name of the lake Zyuratkul and the Zyuratkul ridge is somehow connected with the name of the celestial beast Elk and its earthly reflection - the geoglyph. It remains only to find out what language the inhabitants of these places spoke at the end of the Paleolithic. The name of the wonderful Aryan beast (undoubtedly an elk) Sharabha with eight legs comes from the Ural-Altaic "*sarta", in the Mari and Mansi languages \u200b\u200bit has an analogue - the taboo name of the elk - "Sharp (Shord)". The horse of the German Odin with eight legs, the son of Loki named Sleipnir (“Sliding”), is an image of a completely different constellation, namely Pegasus Square.
Toponymists derive the Bashkir name Zyuratkul from Zyurak-kul and from Yurak-kul, that is, "Heart is a lake." However, the Turks in the Urals live quite recently - they did not yet exist in the Mesolithic and Neolithic. But there were Ugry. If you listen closely, you can hear the ancient name of the elk in Zyurat-Kul and Satka.
But now you can safely wait for the results of full-scale archaeological excavations. And let now only rare wise men and unique talents deny the very fact of the existence of the geoglyph, its observatory purpose, and the absolute (so far preliminary, and therefore cautious) dating - 8 - 10 millennium BC.