Proof of activity 3,000 yrs ago
Updated on Friday, November 20, 2009, 12:54 IST Tags:human activity, 3, 000 yrs ago
Moscow: A material evidence of human activity dating back 3,000 years ago has been reported in New Jerusalem monastery near Russian capital Moscow.
"Archaeologists have found ceramics produced back in the times of the Bronze Age, or about 800 years BC, as well as some artefacts made after Christ's birth," the monastery's abbot, hegumen Theophilactus has said.
One of the finds is jewellery of the 11th century. Numerous new finds are directly related to the monastery's history, or rather, to the period from the mid-17th through to the end of the 19th century.
"They give us a clear picture, for instance, of the ceramic ovens the monastery had and of the dishes they used here," hegumen Theophilactus told Itar-Tass.
The list of finds includes cannonballs, a silver hoard and separate coins.
"There's even a gold coin minted at the Hungarian royal court in the 15th century," the abbot said.
"This wasn't a coin for monetary circulation, though, it was a gift article, which the king would present only to the people close to him."
"Also, the workers have found the cobbled floor of a pond that was dug in the 17th century during the rule of Patriarch Nikon," Theophilactus said adding "its floor was reinforced with a 50-centimetres-thick layer of clay."
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