　ところで先ほど午後2時少し前に、CNNがじつに興味深い事実を報じた。
　ウクライナの国境警備隊が、ドニプロ河の土手で防御施設を建設を進めていた。そして深さ約1メートルの土中から古代の壺などの陶器の破片を発見した。ウクライナ軍は即座に考古学者に連絡した。それは貴重な歴史的遺物であった。軍は施設の建設を中止した。国境警備隊によると、「勝利」を達成した後、考古学者のチームが現地で作業に着手する予定だという、とCNNは記事を結んでいる。

　私が「興味深い」と言ったのは、軍が即座に考古学者に連絡するとともに、防御施設の建設を中止した点である。戦争のさなか、しかも悪辣な侵略者によって毎日のようにミサイル爆撃をされている中で、人類史・文化史の欠落部分を埋めるであろう遺物が、まさに思いがけず出現した。そして、その時点で、遺物の保存保護を第一にして、死線をかけた軍施設の建設を中止したのである。私はこのような実例をかつて聞いたこともなければ耳にしたこともない。軍の指揮官の国史・民族史の先を見通す知性に、「ああ、この国（ウクライナ）にはこのような軍人がいるのだ！」と、驚嘆したのである。

　Archeological Finds Of The Ukrainian Army

It is not uncommon for wars and civil strife to
destroy not only the cultural properties of enemy
countries but also the cultural properties of one's
own country. The influence of these acts cannot be
limited to one era, not is it limited to the cultural
history of one nation. From a broader point of view,
it would destroy wisdom that mankind has pains-
takingly built up. I do not hesitate to say that cultural
vandalism is a "crime" against humanity. Because, in
spite of repeated acts of destruction, we continue to
study histry, archeology, human history, paleontology,
geoarcheology, as well as space archeology. It is
because we continue to search for what mankind is,
and we must continue to search it.

By the way, just before 2:00 pm, 21 Dec. 2022, CNN
reported a very interesting fact.
The Ukrainian Border Guard was constructing
efensive facilities on the banks of the Donipro River.
they found fragments of ancient pottery and other
pottery in the ground about one meter deep. The
Ukrainian military immediately contacted archeologists.
It was veluable histrical rekic. The military stopped con-
struction of the facility. After achiving a "victory," the
Border Guard said a team of aecheologists will begin
work on the site, CNN concludes.

What I said was "interesting" is that the military
immediately contacted archeologiste and stopped
construction of defensive faciliries. In the midst of war,
and in the midst of daily missile bombardments by
vicious invaders, a relic appeared quite unexpectedly
that would fill a missing piece in human and culutural
history. At that point, the preservation and protection
of relics was given top priority, and the construction of
military facilities, which was on the verge of death, was
stopped. I have never heard of such an instance. I was
amazed at the military commander's intellect, which
foresaw the future of national and ethnographic history,
and said, "Oh, there are such soldiers in this country
(Ukraine)!"

Tadami Yamada

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