10/07/2025
Ἡ λαξευτῇ «Πυραμίδα» της Κέρου: Περίπλοκη μηχανικὴ καὶ μεταλλουργικὴ δραστηριότητα ἀπὸ τὴν 3 χιλιετῆ π.Χ.
Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek 'pyramid'
Latest find on Cyclades’ Keros includes evidence of metal-working and suggests the beginnings of an urban centre, say archaeologists. 3rd Millenium BC
Πρὶν ἀπὸ τοὐλάχιστον 4.000 χρόνια, κατασκευαστὲς σκάλισαν ὅλη τὴν ἐπιφάνεια τοῦ Δασκαλειοῦ, τοῦ ἀρχαίου φυσικοῦ ἀκρωτηρίου τῆς νήσου Κέρου, ποὺ ἔχει σχῆμα πυραμίδας. Τὸ διαμόρφωσαν σὲ ἐπίπεδα, ποὺ κάλυψαν μὲ 1.000 τόνους εἰδικῆς εἰσαγόμενης ἀστραφτερῆς πέτρας γιὰ νὰ δώσουν τὴν ἐμφάνιση μιᾶς τεράστιας βαθμιδωτὴς πυραμίδας, ἡ ὁποία ἀνυψωνόταν στὸ Αἰγαῖο, σχηματίζοντας τὴν πιὸ ἐπιβλητικὴ ἀνθρωπογενῆ δομὴ σὲ ὅλο τὸ ἀρχιπέλαγος τῶν Κυκλάδων. Κάτω ὅμως ἀπὸ τὴν ἐπιφάνεια αὐτῶν τῶν ἐπιπέδων βρισκόταν κάτι ἐξίσου μοναδικό:
Ἀρχαιολόγοι ἀπὸ τρεῖς διαφορετικὲς χῶρες, ποὺ συμμετέχουν σὲ μιὰ ἐν ἐξελίξει ἀνασκαφῇ, ἀνακάλυψαν στοιχεῖα ἀπὸ ἕνα συγκρότημα ἀποστραγγιστικῶν σηράγγων -οἱ ὁποῖες κατασκευάστηκαν 1.000 χρόνια πρὶν ἀπὸ τὶς διάσημες ὑδραυλικὲς ἐγκαταστάσεις τοῦ Μινωικοῦ παλατιοῦ τῆς Κνωσοῦ-, καθὼς καὶ ἴχνη ἐξελιγμένης μεταλλουργίας.
Τὰ παραπάνω δημοσιεύει στὴν ἱστοσελίδα της ἡ ἐφημερίδα Guardian, ἀναφερόμενη στὴ συνέχιση μιᾶς ἰδιαίτερα ἐνδιαφέρουσας ἀνασκαφῇς ποὺ φέρνει συνεχῶς νέα ἐντυπωσιακὰ εὑρήματα.
More than 4,000 years ago builders carved out the entire surface of a naturally pyramid-shaped promontory on the Greek island of Keros. They shaped it into terraces covered with 1,000 tonnes of specially imported gleaming white stone to give it the appearance of a giant stepped pyramid rising from the Aegean: the most imposing manmade structure in all the Cyclades archipelago.
But beneath the surface of the terraces lay undiscovered feats of engineering and craftsmanship to rival the structure’s impressive exterior. Archaeologists from three different countries involved in an ongoing excavation have found evidence of a complex of drainage tunnels – constructed 1,000 years before the famous indoor plumbing of the Minoan palace of Knossos on Crete – and traces of sophisticated metalworking.
The entrance staircase from above: the sea level was much lower in the early bronze age
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The entrance staircase from above: the sea level was much lower in the early bronze age Photograph: Michael Boyd
The Dhaskalio promontory is a tiny island as the result of rising sea levels, but 4,500 years ago was attached by a narrow causeway to Keros, now uninhabited and a protected site. In the third millennium BC Keros was a major sanctuary where complex rituals were enacted.
