AGT - Ancient Heritage in the BTC-SCP Pipelines Corridor:
Azerbaijan – Georgia – Turkey The Caucasus and Anatolia,
including the present-day nations of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and
Turkey, are home to some of the world’s most ancient cultures.
Throughout the region, prehistoric and historic cultures left a
vast wealth of archaeological treasures that fascinate
archaeologists and historians. In Azerbaijan, the majestic rock
faces of Gobustan that project high above the shore of the
Caspian Sea form the “canvas” on which hundreds of generations
of artists inscribed their ancient rock art, beginning perhaps
20,000 years ago. Images of boats, animals, and people from
Azerbaijan’s ancient past can be found among the rock art. The
earliest traces of humankind’s prehistory in this ancient land
were found at Dmanisi, Georgia, in 1991, where the remains of
humanity’s 1.8 million-year-old ancestors were discovered. In
Turkey, an intriguing repository of pottery at Ziyaretsuyu that
can be traced to the 2nd century BC raises