A 3,800-year-old warrior mound has been discovered in Keshikchidag.

Axar.az was informed about this by the "Keshikchidag" State Historical and Cultural Reserve.

It was reported that the mound was discovered during scientific and archaeological excavations in the area known as "Yovshanlydere" among the local population, located on the Jeyranchol plain, jointly organized by the State Service for the Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture and the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan.

According to the information, the expedition was led by Shamil Najafov, a leading researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Doctor of Philosophy in History, Associate Professor.

Under his leadership, rich artifacts were discovered in the mound, which is 28 m in diameter and 2 m high, dating back to the Middle Bronze Age, where the commander was buried. In the kurgan, which is 2 m wide, 6 m long and 3 m deep, the burial chamber is divided into three parts along its length: a place (room) where the human skeleton and its equipment are placed, a place (room) where clay vessels are placed, and an empty place (room).

A four-pronged bronze spearhead held in the hand of a commander (with a neck length of more than 2 meters) in a half-bent position, a bronze ornament found on the ankle, paste beads, tools made of obsidian, and 12 inlaid and richly patterned earthenware jugs were discovered in the kurgan. Each of these jugs is decorated with complex dot-shaped stamping and stamping patterns on the neck and shoulders, and the inside of these ornaments is filled with a special white substance and inlaid.

After 0.5 m of soil cover on the top of the mound, 14 facing stones, each weighing 1 ton, 0.60 meters wide, and 2 meters long, were discovered, along with a stone idol in the shape of a bull at their head.