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.
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The city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, overlooks the Caspian Sea. Today, Baku is a thriving metropolis of over two million people. It is the financial center of Azerbaijan, as well as the nucleus of the country’s artistic, musical, and theatrical activities.
azerbaijanis dedaqalaqi baqo kaspiis zRvas gadahyurebs. es ormilioniani, ayvavebuli qalaqi qveynis ekonomikuri da kulturuli centricaa. and perfumes were transported across trade routes through the region that connected East Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The peoples of the region are justly proud that today its historic status as a crossroad of trade and culture is being revived. This revival is partly a result of national independence since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and partly due to the relatively recent and open a promising window to its future.
isini azerbaijanis warsuls warmogvidgens.
adamianis preistoriuli warsulis uadresi nimuSia saqarTveloSi, dmanisSi, 1,8 milioni wlis hominidebis naSTebi.
TurqeTSi, ziareTsuius Zv.w. II saukuniT daTariRebuli Tixis WurWlis sacavi am periodis mosaxleobisa da mogzaurebis Sesaxeb gviambobs.
aTaswleulebis ganmavlobaSi am mxareze gadioda Sua aziis, axlo aRmosavleTis, afrikisa da evropis damakavSirebeli savaWro gzebi, romlebiTac abreSumi, oqro da nelsacxeblebi gadaqondaT.
sabWoTa kavSiris daSlis, saqarTvelosa da azerbaijanis mier damoukideblobis mopovebisa da kaspiis zRvaSi navTobis didi maragis aRmoCenis Semdeg regionma savaWro gzajvaredinis funqcia xelaxla SeiZina. navTobisa da gazis milsadenebis mSeneblobasTan, romelic regionis qveynebs:
azerbaijans, saqarTvelosa da TurqeTs msoflio bazarTan akavSirebs. milsadenebis mSeneblobasTanavea dakavSirebuli
uprecendento masStabis arqeologiuri gaTxrebi, ramac uaRresad saintereso masala mogvca istoriuli da kulturuli suraTis Sesavsebad. amrigad, milsadenebis mSeneblobam warsuli ufro xelSesaxebi, momavali ki saimedo gaxada.
warmodgenil wignSi Tavmoyrili masala
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The Azerbaijan Government House is an imposing structure. After formally declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Azerbaijan’s first elected Parliament officially adopted a constitution in 1995.
azerbaijanis mTavrobis sasaxle didi Senobaa. 1991 wels aq gamocxadda azerbaijanis damoukidebloba, pirvelma parlamentma ki qveynis konstitucia 1995 wels miiRo.
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The Ateshgah “Fire Worshipers” Temple near Baku has its origins among Zoroastrians. A continuous flame on the site was once fed by natural gas deposits.
cecxlTayvanismcemlebis taZari aTeSga, romelic baqos maxlobladaa, zoroastrizmis mimdevarTa salocavi iyo. “maradiuli cecxli”, romelic am salocavze iyo danTebuli, gazis sabadodan ikvebeboda.
warmodgenil wignSi Tavmoyrili masala warmoaCens regionis mdidar kulturul memkvidreobas, romelic qarTvelma,
azerbaijanelma da Turqma arqeologebma aRmoCenes. aqve aseve SesaZlebelia
gavecnoT am qveynebis warmomadgenlebis TanamSromloba smiTsonis institutis aziis kulturis istoriis ganyofilebasTan, politikisa da analizis ganyofilebasa da mTavar sainformacio samsaxurTan.
restavracia, koleqciebis marTva da mopovebuliAarqeologiuri masalis
interpretacia BP-isa da misi partniorebis mier dafinansda, raTa
baqo-Tbilisi-jeihanis navTobsadenisa da samxreT kavkasiis gazsadenis mSeneblobisas aRmoCenili kulturuli memkvidreobis naSTebi kargad yofiliyo daculi.
milsadenis marSrutis Seswavla 2000 wels daiwyo, samSeneblo samuSaoebi ki - 2003 wels. am procesSi Tavidanve iyvnen Cabmulebi azerbaijaneli, qarTveli, Turqi, britaneli da amerikeli arqeologebi. isini mSeneblobis paralelurad muSaobdnen da maT milsadenebis gaswvriv gaTxares aramarto ukve cnobili Zeglebi, aramed aqamde ucnobi asobiT arqeologiuri Zegli aRmoaCines da Seiswavles.
To highlight the rich cultural heritage of the region, this book presents findings of a collaborative research initiative among archaeologists in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey and their colleagues from the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Cultural History Program, Office of Policy and Analysis, and Office of the Chief Information Officer. The recovery, collection management, and interpretation of the archaeological data presented here were financed by BP and its coventurers in the Caspian projects as part of their efforts to protect the cultural resources uncovered during the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) archaeologists who traveled the entire length of the pipelines, a journey that contributed to the story of known archaeological sites in addition to discovering hundreds of previously unknown and unexcavated sites.
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The salamuri, a Georgian reed instrument made of apricot wood, is often played at festivals by boys wearing traditional costumes.
saqarTveloSi gamarTul saxalxo dResaswaulebze xSirad naxavT erovnul samosSi gamowyobil ymawvilebs, romlebic salamurze ukraven.
The tomb sanctuary of King Antiochus I at Mount Nemrud was built on a mountaintop in what is now southeastern Turkey in 62 BC. Antiochus I forged an alliance with Rome during the war between Rome and the Parthians.
samxreT-aRmosavleT TurqeTSi, mTa nemrudze, Zv.w. 62 wels aRmarTes komagenes mefe antioqos I-is samlocvelo. romaelebma igi aiZules maTi mokavSire gamxdariyo da parTielebis winaaRmdeg ebrZola.
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A baker in Georgia uses a modern-day tandir-shaped oven to bake bread. The dough is pressed against the walls of the oven to bake.
saqaTveloSi puris gamosacxobad dRevandeli xabazebi Tones iyeneben.
comi Tones kedels ekvreba da ise cxveba. that have mobilized tangible environmental changes throughout the region.
smiTsonis institutis gundi, romelic moicavs aziis kulturis istoriis programas, politikisa da analizisa da mTavar sainformacio samsaxurebs, agrZelebs regionis kvlevas da
TanamSromlobs gobusTanis arqeologiur nakrZalTan, azerbaijanis arqeologiisa da eTnografiis institutsa da saqarTvelos erovnul muzeumTan. gobusTanis nakrZali, romelic baqodan samociode kilometriTaa daSorebuli, 2007 wlidan iuneskos mier msoflio kulturuli memkvidreobis Zegladaa gamocxadebuli.
es wigni da masTan dakavSirebuli vebsaiti (www.agt.si.edu) samSeneblo proeqtis mimdinareobisas
ganxorcielebuli sazogadoebrivi
ganaTlebisa da samuzeumo SesaZleblobaTa ganviTarebis samuSaoebis kargi magaliTia.
da misi partniorebi xels uwyoben
biomravalferovnebisa da garemos dacvis TviTSegnebis amaRlebis mizniT nakisri valdebulebebis ganxorcielebas, maT Soris regionSi bunebriv garemoze mniSvnelovani zemoqmedebis Serbilebis iniciativebs.
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Rock art panels at the Gobustan National Historical-Artistic Preserve date from as early as the Paleolithic period.
gobusTanis erovnul istoriul-arqeologiur nakrZalSi daculiKkldis mxatvroba paleoliTis xaniT
TariRdeba.
Petroglyphs of a hunter and a possible shaman are a part of the legacy of the early past discovered at the Gobustan National Historical-Artistic Preserve.
gobusTanis erovnul istoriul-arqeologiur nakrZalSi daculi petroglifebi, romlebzec monadire da Samania gamosaxuli, kulturuli memkvidreobis nawilia.
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Rock art panels at the Gobustan National Historical-Artistic Preserve often contain a variety of elegant figures, sometimes superimposed over each other.
gobusTanis erovnul istoriul-arqeologiur nakrZalSi daculKkldis mxatvrobaze araerTi figuraa gamosaxuli. zogierTi naxati sxvadasxva drosaa Seqmnili da erTmaneTzea dadebuli.
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During Stages 1 and 2 of the project from 2000 to 2003, potentially important archaeological sites were identified through field walks and aerial photography. This view from the Tsalka district in central Georgia shows the type of surface clearing that preceded excavations.
pirveli da meore etapis ganmavlobaSi, 2000-2003 wlebSi dazverviTi
samuSaoebisa da aerofotografirebis saSualebiT gamovlinda potenciuri arqeologiuri Zeglebi. es foto walkis raionSi (samxreTi saqarTvelo) niadagis aRebis procesis Semdgom mdgomareobas asaxavs. potential to facilitate archaeological excavations or spur the discovery of new cultural heritage in previously unexplored regions. Rather, it resulted from the practical considerations of bringing a vast new supply of crude oil and natural gas from the understanding of the past.
milsadenebi
milsadenebis marSruti sxvadasxva xalxiT dasaxlebulsa da erTmaneTisagan mkveTrad gansxvavebul klimatur, geografiulsa da geologiur da regionebze gadis. es marSruti adre Seuswavlel regionebSi arqeologiuri gaTxrebis an kulturuli memkvidreobis axali Zeglebis aRmoCenis xelSewyobis mizniT ar SerCeula. misi mizani iyo kaspiis zRvis sabadoebis nedli navTobisa da bunebrivi airis msoflio bazrebze gatana, rac maqsimalurad Seamcirebda rogorc bosforis sruteSi uzarmazari tankerebis moZraobis Sedegad gamowveul ekologiur safrTxeebs,
aseve gazrdida kavkasiis postsabWoTa sivrceSi axladSeqmnili damoukidebeli saxelmwifoebis kontrols Azerbaijanis am uZvirfasesi nedleulis eqsportze.
amave dros, milsadenebis mSeneblobam regionsa da msoflios warsulis ukeTesad Seswavlis iSviaTi SesaZlebloba misca.