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Egypt and Babylon, and a lit- tle older than Troy and Rome. Gennady Zdanovich, the chairman of the archaeologi- cal expedition in the Urals, had to prove the scientific significance of Arkaim to regional officials. "We achieved what seemed to be absolutely unreal: the multi-million construction project in the region was shut down," the scientist said. Archaeological excava- tions showed that the people who inhabited Arkaim represented one of town was equipped with a stormwater and the most ancient Indo-European civilisa- | sewage system that helped Arkaim's resi- tions, particularly the branch which is dents avoid floods. The people were pro- referred to as the Aryan culture. Arkaim _ tected against fires as well: timbered floor- turned out to be not only a town, but alsoa ings and the houses themselves were temple and an astronomical observatory. imbued with fireproof substances. It was a "A flight above Arkaim on board a heli- rather strong compound, the remnants of copter gives you an incredible impression. which can still be found in the ruins of the The huge concentric circles on the valley town. are clearly visible. The town and its out- Each house was outfitted with "all mod- skirts are all enclosed in the circles. We ern conveniences", as they would say still do not know what point the gigantic nowadays. There was a well, an oven and a circles have, whether they were made for dome-like food storage area in every house. defensive, scientific, educational or ritual The well branched out into two under- purposes. Some researchers say that the ground trenches: one of them was directed circles were actually used as the runway for to the oven, and the other one ended in the an ancient spaceport," Vadim Chernobrovy food storage area. The trenches were used said. to supply cool air to the oven and to the Researchers discovered that the ancient food storage area. The cool air from the ANCIENT ARYAN TOWN IN THE RUSSIAN URALS WAS TECHNICALLY ADVANCED Pr Putin recently visited one of the most mysterious places on planet Earth: the ruins of the ancient town of Arkaim, which is situated on the outskirts of the city of Chelyabinsk, on the south- eastern edge of Russia's Ural region. Historians, archaeologists and ufologists have spent many years trying to unravel the secrets of the town, which is the same age as the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Babylon. So, which nation was living in Arkaim more than 40 centuries ago? How did the people of such an ancient civilisation manage to accomplish incredible technological advances that still seem to be unachievable? A group of Russian researchers, with Vadim Chernobrovy at the head, has recently returned from the mysterious region. The scientist said that specialists and students have built numerous tent camps around Arkaim. The Arkaim valley in the south of Urals was supposed to be flooded in 1987: local authorities were going to create a water reservoir there to irrigate droughty fields. However, scientists found strange circles in the centre of the valley. So the authori- ties gave archaeologists 12 months to explore the area. The scientists were shocked to find out that Arkaim is the same age as ancient town. Each house was outfitted with "all mod- ern conveniences", as they would say nowadays. There was a well, an oven and a dome-like food storage area in every house. The well branched out into two under- ground trenches: one of them was directed to the oven, and the other one ended in the food storage area. The trenches were used to supply cool air to the oven and to the food storage area. The cool air from the trenches also created a very powerful extraction force in the oven, which made it possible to smelt bronze there. The central square in Arkaim was the only object of a square shape in the town. Judging by the traces of bonfires that were placed in a specific order on the square, the place was used as a site for certain rituals. Arkaim was built according to a previ- ously projected plan as a single complex, which also had an acute orientation on astronomical objects. While archaeologists are meticulously brushing dust off ancient stones and trying to recreate the lifestyle of Arkaim's resi- dents, ufologi re studying phenomena which they register in the town: inexplica- ble fluctuations of voltage, magnetic field tension, temperature and so on. oo (Source: Pravda, 16 July 2005, http://eng - lish.pravda.ru/science/1 9/94/377/15814_ Arkaim.html) 62 = NEXUS — Ss —s ie. : "We were right. There is an extra chamber in this pyramid : the plasma screen room." www.nexusmagazine.com OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2005