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According to Ferghana News Agency, UNESCO, finally published its expedition report to the very a unique minaret of the world – Jamsky, which is located in Afghanistan. The expedition itself was carried out by scientists back in September. last year, but so far its results have remained unknown. Today, UNESCO staff called this trip successful and told reporters what was done during her, providing the general public even video footage about this one.
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The Jamaican minaret was examined by UNESCO experts and representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Afghanistan for four days. Scientists first conducted a thorough examination of how internal and external details of this unique cult ancient buildings using drones on which were installed high resolution camcorders. For example, managed to get high-quality frames of ornaments of this architectural monument, which Now thoroughly studied by relevant specialists.
Inaccessibility of the Jamaican minaret
Today, this religious building of antiquity is considered the most inaccessible monument of UNESCO, by the way, and included in the list World Heritage Site only in 2002. There are significant ones causes:
- firstly, the Jamaican minaret is located in a gorge surrounded by impassable mountain ranges up to 1500 meters high. It’s in 200 kilometers from the city of Herat, 10 kilometers from a small village Jam, that is, he stands in almost a deserted place, where You can only get there by helicopter (on the ground it’s difficult and dangerously);
- secondly, the military situation in Afghanistan and the special its tension is just in this region, where militants are operating “Islamic State” and the Taliban, does not allow scientists to explore a unique minaret, since 2001 only a few representatives of science, and therefore its safety is mainly tracked by satellites. For this reason, last year UNESCO expedition, one might say, was already great in itself achievement;
- finally, the Jamaican minaret is generally a mysterious building, inexplicably preserved and hidden for centuries human.
From the history of the Jamaican minaret
60 meters high Jamaican minaret brick, is considered the second highest after the same brick Qutb Minar Minaret in Delhi (73 meters high).
According to one of the inscriptions on its wall, the Jamaican minaret was built in 1194 after the victorious campaign of the sultan Giyaz ad-Din against the ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty. However, not all researchers agree with this theory. There is also a version that minaret – the only building that remains of the ancient the city of Firuzkuh (Turquoise Mountain) – the capital of the empire of the Gourds, which covered the territory not only of modern Afghanistan, but also Iraq, India and Pakistan. However in the thirteenth century the Mongols under led by Genghis Khan wiped this city off the face of the earth.
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It remains a mystery why the conquerors left untouched The courageous minaret, as if they had not noticed it. Moreover, why on over the next seven centuries, no one even remembered him, no one came across this, in general, tall and catchy construction. For the first time about this miracle, a small note appeared in Anis magazine of the Afghan historical society only in 1944 year, and French researchers were able to get here only in 1957 year. True, in the sixties of the last century Italian archaeologists began excavations here, while strengthening the foundation of the minaret, but the Jamaican minaret remained hard to reach and poorly understood structure. And even inclusion it’s practically nothing has changed in the UNESCO World Heritage especially amid the current tense military situation in this region.
It is no coincidence that some researchers consider the Jamaican minaret a mystery that no one has yet figured out. It seems that and September expedition of UNESCO experts did not bring the desired result, although it allowed us to advance further in the study of this a unique and truly mysterious structure …
