Le Tigre S’Assèche Et Voici Ce Qu’On A Découvert

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Le dessèchement du Tigre a révélé des découvertes étonnantes ! Alors que l'eau se retirait, elle a mis au jour des villes anciennes et des artefacts qui étaient cachés depuis des siècles. Les archéologues ont trouvé de vieilles structures, de la poterie, et même des tablettes cunéiformes avec des écritures anciennes. Ces découvertes nous offrent un aperçu de la riche histoire et de la culture des civilisations qui prospéraient autrefois là-bas. C'est comme une chasse au trésor réelle, montrant comment la nature peut dévoiler des secrets du passé !  Animation créée par Sympa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Musique par Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com   Pour ne rien perdre de Sympa, abonnez-vous!: https://goo.gl/6E4Xna​ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nos réseaux sociaux : Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sympasympacom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sympa.officiel/  Stock de fichiers (photos, vidéos et autres): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Si tu en veux encore plus, fais un tour ici:  http://sympa-sympa.com

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00:00Summer in the Middle East is so intense that it radically transforms the landscape,

00:05bringing back old forgotten cities.

00:08In 2018, a city built by a mysterious empire along the Tiger River

00:13was freed from its aquatic trap.

00:16Archaeologists rushed to the site,

00:19not wanting to miss this unique opportunity to search and learn more about the history of this city.

00:25They thought they had discovered Zakyku, a city of the Bronze Age,

00:29founded more than 3,000 years ago

00:31and submerged in the 1980s during the construction of the Mosul Dam.

00:36Once a prosperous caravan center of the Mithani kingdom,

00:39it had relatively abundant water,

00:42a rare resource in the region, thus guaranteeing its success.

00:46Knowledge of this kingdom remains limited,

00:49because no written chronicle has been found during the excavations.

00:52This is why archaeologists were delighted to discover the complete palace

00:56formerly occupied by their rulers.

00:58A few years later, after a new drought in the region,

01:02they set up fortifications protecting the city from invaders.

01:06The major discovery of their expedition was a huge public warehouse

01:10containing goods and crops,

01:13piles of wheat and barley, as well as metals and imported wood.

01:17Bread was the staple food of the inhabitants,

01:20which also prepared large soups and vegetable stews.

01:24Each household raised sheep, goats, cows and pigs,

01:28ensuring a regular source of milk and meat for the big occasions.

01:31All the buildings discovered so far

01:34have been built from raw earth bricks.

01:37The walls, submerged for more than 40 years,

01:40are remarkably well preserved,

01:42as if they had been swallowed up the day before.

01:44The royal palace is distinguished by its size,

01:47its thicker walls and its pavings also made of baked and sealed brick

01:51to be waterproof.

01:53The rulers had to maintain good relations with those of the great empire,

01:57of which Zakikou was a tributary.

01:59The city's merchants collected wood beams that they stored.

02:03These came from the forests of the mountains located in the north and east of Mesopotamia

02:08and were chained by the tiger.

02:10Merchants came to flow their goods there

02:13before crossing the river to the border regions.

02:16Zakikou was a prosperous trade center for about six centuries,

02:20until a devastating earthquake struck it in 1350.

02:24Archaeologists found five ceramic vases

02:27containing more than 100 clay tablets,

02:29made shortly after the earthquake.

02:31It is almost miraculous that these small clay tablets did not cook

02:35and survived underwater for decades.

02:37The creators of these tablets engraved notes on the clay that was still wet,

02:41dealing with subjects such as the inventory of new crops

02:44or testifying to their correspondence with other kingdoms.

02:47Once the notes were engraved, they let them dry in the sun.

02:50The scribes also had to learn new languages

02:53so that the messages could be understood by foreigners in the city.

02:57Researchers think that the discovered tablets were part of a private archive.

03:01They hope to be able to decipher these texts

03:03to deepen their knowledge of the history of Zakikou

03:06and its kingdom after this devastating earthquake.

03:09The damage inflicted on the building was such

03:12that it was impossible to give Zakikou his past splendor.

03:15The possible survivors were forced to leave the city.

03:18Decades later, the Assyrians, also from Mesopotamia,

03:23settled on these ruins.

03:25They built their own homes

03:27using pre-existing structures such as outer enclosures.

03:31However, their presence will only last 50 years

03:34before they decide to build a new capital on more fertile lands,

03:38hoping to thrive thanks to agriculture.

03:42The archaeologists who worked in Zakikou

03:44had to stop their excavations when the water level rose,

03:48submerging the city again.

03:50They protected the ruins by covering them with waterproof plastic sheets,

03:54then stones and gravel,

03:56hoping to preserve them from aquatic erosion

03:59and avoid their total disappearance.

04:01Aware of the crucial importance of the dam's water for the region,

04:05they plan to resume the excavations

04:07as soon as the water has been removed again.

04:11About 1,600 years ago,

04:13a flourishing community lived along the Niya River,

04:16at the heart of what is now the Taklamakan Desert,

04:19in the People's Republic of China.

04:21This river, fed by the melting of snow from the mountains,

04:24ran through the desert for miles.

04:26After three years of hard work,

04:28the archaeologists managed to exhumate eight tombs,

04:32where the desert heat had perfectly preserved the clothes

04:35and objects they contained.

04:37The buried people belonged to the former city of Niya,

04:40a center formerly prosperous of the kingdom,

04:43located on the Silk Road,

04:45and which housed more than 3,000 souls

04:47before being swallowed up by the desert sands.

04:49The ruins of Niya were only discovered in 1901.

04:53Since then, scientists from all over the world

04:55have tried to unravel the secrets of this city.

04:58The tombs discovered at the end of the 20th century

05:00seem to have belonged to members of the elite,

05:03as evidenced by the luxurious objects found.

05:06A carcass and a bow, metal arrowheads,

05:09gold earrings, a necklace of glass beads,

05:12a lacquered box containing a comb,

05:14make-up and a sewing accessory.

05:17High-quality silk was also found,

05:21with bright colors such as green and yellow,

05:24surprisingly intact.

05:26The fabric also had Chinese characteristics,

05:29citing historical works,

05:31which allowed scientists to date its manufacture.

05:34Later, archaeologists discovered a vast site

05:38and excavated three buildings in ruins.

05:40It will probably take many more years

05:42to understand why the city perished

05:45and what happened to its inhabitants.

05:48Saudi and French archaeologists

05:51united their efforts near Riyadh,

05:53the capital of Saudi Arabia,

05:55and discovered an ancient colony dating back 8,000 years.

05:59They used cutting-edge technologies,

06:01such as laser digitization,

06:03drones and aerial photography

06:06to reveal this treasure of the Neolithic era.

06:09In this important archaeological site,

06:12they excavated a stone temple,

06:14the remains of a hotel

06:16and more than 2,000 graves,

06:18offering a valuable insight into ancient rituals.

06:22The team also discovered the foundations

06:24of four imposing buildings,

06:26corner towers and exterior courtyards,

06:28all equipped with underground tanks

06:30to store water for agriculture.

06:33An ingenious irrigation system,

06:35including canals and tanks,

06:37allowed the city to thrive

06:39in one of the most arid deserts in the world.

06:41Rupestre drawings,

06:43engraved on the nearby mountain,

06:45illustrate the daily life of the inhabitants.

06:47The excavations, which have been going on for more than 40 years,

06:50continue to reveal new artefacts,

06:52always offering more answers to the questions of researchers.

06:55Fishermen discovered bones,

06:57tools and artefacts

06:59dating from 9,000 years ago at the bottom of the North Sea.

07:02British archaeologists and paleontologists

07:05and Dutchmen rushed to examine these discoveries,

07:08hoping to discover traces of the submerged Doggerland.

07:12They were not disappointed

07:14and even discovered perfect footprints

07:16left by the men of the Mesolithic.

07:1812,000 years ago,

07:19during the last great glacial period,

07:21the British Isles were not at all islands.

07:24They were part of a vast land

07:26composed of hills, swamps and dense forests

07:29that linked them to the European continent.

07:31This land, called Doggerland,

07:34housed a prehistoric hunter-gatherer society.

07:37However, with the melting of the glaciers,

07:40the sea level began to rise

07:42at a speed of one to two meters per century,

07:44forcing the inhabitants to migrate to the regions

07:47that correspond today to England and the Netherlands.

07:50The experts then decided to explore the history of Doggerland

07:53by exploiting the data provided by the oil companies

07:56operating in the North Sea.

07:58So far, they have created digital models

08:00representing the 47,000 square kilometers

08:02that Doggerland covered before its submersion.

08:05They still have to analyze samples of ancient insects

08:08and prehistoric plants,

08:10as well as the DNA of the animals found

08:12to obtain a complete image of this disappeared region.

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