Ural naturally divides Europe from Asia. This land keeps many secrets that have been puzzling scientists for centuries. We are going to tell about some of them in this publication.
Across the network:
Ignatievka (Ignateva) cave.
It is a large limestone cave on the banks of the Sim River, a tributary of the Belaya River in the southern Ural mountains of Russia. Ignatievka cave gave birth to many legends. It was named after hermit Ignatiy, who lived there for a long time and was buried there. Some people even believed that was emperor Alexander I himself who refused wordly pleasures, others thought it was prince Konstantin Pavlovich - brother of Russian tsars - Alexander I and Nocholas I.
But what's more interesting about the cave is its gallery full of drawings made by primitive people. There are about 40 groups of the drawings, they are believed to be made almost fourteen thousand years ago. It's mostly animals and geometric symbols (still unexplained) depicted on the cave walls. Who knows, maybe this cave served as a temple for someone?
This human silhouette in the remotest place is probably the biggest mystery of the Ignatievka cave. Locals suppose it's a miraculous image of the Virgin, they come there for a prayer. Scientists tend to believe that it was carved out of limestone by people who lived there centuries ago, so well-preserved it is due to special microclimate of the cave.
Ignateva cave is a monument of nature and culture of world importance.
Arkaim.
Arkaim is a settlement in the south of the Chelyabinsk region, remaining evidence of the civilization, that has been discovered just recently - in 1987. This fortified settlement of the Bronze Age was found by chance by a Russian archaeological expedition, that came to examine the place planned for reservoir construction.
Such discoveries have a global importance and happen once in a century.
Archaeologists paid attention to the strange relief of the locality and started excavations that finally revealed an ancient settlement that consists of a bypass ditch, two rings of earthworks and a central square. The earth mounds are remains of strong fortified walls, complex defence structures, in each ring are dwelling spaces with proper stoves, craft workshops and warehouses. These cities are quite original, they differ from others, previously known settlements.
It is still unknown what culture could create this settlement and why. However a group of Russian scientists (who have no much trust from academiс community) insist on Aryan origin of the city and believe it to be the cradleland of the human civilization.
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