Ancient Greece has a long history, brilliant culture, and is also the source of Western civilization, and many cultures and customs can be found in ancient Greece today. In the course of archaeological research, experts have also published a large number of ancient Greek sites, some of which are exquisite frescoes. However, what puzzles experts is that there is an ancient Greek mural that actually paints two "enigmatic" things, and fortunately, the unearthed objects reveal its role. What is so peculiar? The following Xiaobian will reveal the secret to you from the beginning.
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Ancient Greece is located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, it is connected to the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, so its unique geographical location is also destined to be the center of exchange and convergence of the world's major civilizations. Archaeological research shows that the Cretan and Mycenaean civilizations from which ancient Greek civilization originated, although they have always been city-states, but the two largest city-states have become representatives of ancient Greek civilization, namely Athens and Sparta. In the history of ancient Greece, the greatest achievement was the Olympic Movement, and it has continued to this day, deeply influencing modern sports and sportsmanship. Among the many ancient Greek sites, the most amazing are some frescoes about the Olympic Movement.
At the beginning of the last century, several British archaeologists went to ancient Greece to investigate, during which they found many ancient Greek ruins, and unexpectedly found murals with movement themes. Later, after research, experts determined that the site was an ancient Greek sports field, covering an area of about 2,000 square meters, and some architectural remains were unearthed, and these murals were painted on the walls of the building, so the frescoes found were incomplete, but they could still distinguish some movements, such as running and projection. It is worth mentioning that there is a mural that can be seen as a long jump, but the athletes are holding the same strange thing in both hands.
At first, experts were inconclusive about this, because there were no physical excavations at that time, but some experts gave speculations, such as handrails, shoes and medals. Soon after, while experts were scratching their ears and cheeks, the discovery of another ancient Greek site gave the question a definitive answer. At that time, some experts also found similar sports field sites, and also unearthed several disc stones, so it is speculated that it was a kind of throwing exercise at that time, in addition to some iron rings and stone balls, etc., and their role is similar. Most notably, experts also found a stone with a handle, the size of a shoe worn by a person, weighing about 3.4 pounds, and a clearly recognizable line of Phoenician letters on the front.
Before you can reveal what it does, you need to understand the so-called "five sports", the five sports of the ancient Greek Olympic Movement. According to historical records, the "five competitions" are sprinting, weight-bearing long jump, discus throwing, bidding gun, and wrestling, among which the mystery can be solved is the weight-bearing long jump. Experts say that there were not many Olympic sports in the ancient Greek period, and most of them were related to war, such as the weight-bearing long jump, which tested the ability to bear weights on the battlefield. As we all know, soldiers are not empty-handed on the battlefield, not only to carry swords and shields, but also sometimes carry some food, so soldiers have a large load on the battlefield, so they will deliberately train their weight-bearing ability in peacetime.
From war to life, and then from life to the Olympic Movement, so the long jump came into being, and the long jump was the stone, that is, the stone with the inscription found by the experts. In this way, the original discovered murals will also have a beautiful explanation, that is, they depict the scene of the long jump with weights, and the athletes are holding heavy stones in their hands. Experts said that there must be many similar weight-bearing stones, but unfortunately there are very few now, which also shows that the weight-bearing long jump has been replaced by the conventional long jump in the later period, and further shows that there is no longer a need for war, and society has become more harmonious.
The times are progressing, society is changing, and now we are far away from war and in times of peace, so many previous movements also need to be constantly changed in order to meet the needs of the times, and this is also the progress of the Olympic movement, but also the progress of human civilization.
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"The Light of Ancient Greek Civilization" by Zhao Lin, Publisher: People's Post and Telecommunications Publishing House
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's