Arkaim is an ancient city discovered by Soviet archaeologists in the summer of 1987 at the confluence of the Utyaganka and Karaganka rivers (south of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region). This is the most mysterious archaeological site in Russia. The fortress city of the ancient Aryans was abandoned for an unknown reason by the owners and burned about 4 thousand years ago. Nevertheless, this city is well preserved.
This place is fraught with a lot of mysteries. There is a belief that in order to get to this mystical city, you need not only to buy a train or bus ticket, more important is another thing: will this place "let you in".
Not only adventurers and seekers of antiquities come here. Here unusual things happen to people: you can sleep on a cold windy mountain in one thin sleeping bag and not catch a cold. Sores and diseases that were dormant in the body and from time to time made themselves felt, go away and never bother again. People change, acquire a new meaning in life. A person who has visited Arkaim feels as if he started everything from scratch.
With the help of computer graphics, we can roughly imagine what the city looked like in its years of greatness and model its layout.
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The culture of Arkaim belongs to the XVIII-XVI centuries BC. In the plan, the city represents 2 rings of defensive structures, 2 circles of dwellings crouching against the walls, a central square and a circular street with a wooden flooring and a storm sewer.
People spent about 200 - 300 years in Arkaim, then, according to some versions, a fire broke out in the city and the city burned out. There are three versions of a fire:
- the city was set on fire by local residents;
- the city was burned by an external enemy;
- an accidental fire has occurred.
According to another version, the inhabitants of the city left it forever under unexplained mystical circumstances.
Without a doubt, Arkaim, oriented to the 4 cardinal directions of the entrances to the fortress, was built according to a previously drawn plan with the highest accuracy: all circular lines have one center, where all radial lines converge. Here is another virtual reconstruction of this mysterious fortress.
Interesting facts about Arkaim
1. The monument was first discovered by cartographers in 1957. However, no research has been undertaken.
2. In 1987, a cultural center was opened and active research work was carried out.
3. The walls of Arkaim, consisting of two rings, have a total area of 20,000 square meters.
4. The central square, which, apparently, served as a place for some kind of ritual activities, measured 25x27 meters.
5. Near the outer wall 35 dwellings were found, near the inner wall - 25 pieces.
6. Art figurines and ceramic vessels were found in Arkaim.
7. Wells, storerooms, kitchens with fireplaces and bedrooms were found in the houses. In each courtyard there was a small workshop where they were engaged in modeling and sewing clothes, carpentry and preparing weapons. The most common artisans were blacksmiths and foundry workers.
Arkaim on the map
Where is the ancient city of Arkaim? You can easily find it on Google or Yandex maps by entering the required query. Or use GPS coordinates: 52.642887, 59.543659.