Issue XI, 56-B 2023
- EXPLORING ROCK ART USING EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND TRACEOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF THE TRIALETI PETROGLYPHS
Based on the experiment, it is possible to reconstruct how various images on the rocks were depicted in ancient times in Trialeti
Aleko Zavradashvili et al. - NOMADS ON THE TERRITORY OF EASTERN GEORGIA (MIDDLE OF THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BC)
Written sources and archaeological evidence demonstrate the role of Eastern Georgia in the process of the Near Eastern campaigns of northern nomads - the Cimmerians and Scythians
Nino Akhvlediani - SOME THOUGHTS ON THE VARDISUBANI ROUND CHURCH
During the Early Christian Period, several copies of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem existed worldwide. The Vardisubani round church in Dmanisi is one of them, and it probably served as one of the main religious places in the south Caucasus during that period
Guntram Koch - BURIALS OF CLERICS IN THE DURUJISPIRA TEMPLE COMPLEX OF THE ANTIQUE/MEDIEVAL TOWN OF NEKRESI
In Nekresi, inside the interior of the Early Christian period Dolochopi basilica, two tombs were discovered. Based on the funeral rite and the position of skeletons, such as raised hands in a blessing position, they belonged to individuals who held high positions in the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Vazha Mamiashvili - THE SEAL OF SAFARBEY
In one of the collections of the Georgian National Museum, there is a stored silver seal with a Georgian inscription that belonged to the last head of Abkhazia, Seferbey Sharvashidze
Ketevan Ramishvili - FROM AKHUTI OVER MOUNTAINS OF KHUTI: THE SHORT HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND LINGUISTICAL OVERVIEW OF ONE GROUP OF TOPONYMS
In Georgia, the toponyms Akhuti, Shukhuti, and Ukhuti have different legends associated with them. These toponyms find certain similarities in Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia
Guram Chikovani