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Specifically, the most recent evidence comes from Gadachrili gora, near the village of Imiri in the same region; carbon-dating points to the date of about 6000 BC. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Chemical analysis of organic compounds found in some of the numerous very high capacity pottery jars at Shulaveri-Shomu sites indicates that they contained wine, and ...
A large Kvevri held at the Georgian National Museum of Tbilisi. Kvevri or Qvevri (Georgian: ქვევრი [ˈkʰvɛvɾi]) - also known as Ch'uri (Georgian: ჭური [ˈtʃʼuɾi]) in Western Georgia - are large earthenware vessels used for the fermentation, storage and aging of traditional Georgian wine.
Stalin's association with the city is emphasized by the Joseph Stalin Museum in downtown Gori and, until recently, the Stalin monument in front of the Gori City Hall, one of the few such monuments to survive Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization program. The monument was a source of controversy in a newly independent Georgia in the 1990s, but ...
Stalin Museum. The main corpus of the complex is a large palazzo in Stalinist Gothic style, begun in 1951 ostensibly as a museum of the history of socialism, but clearly intended to become a memorial to Stalin, who died in 1953. The exhibits are divided into six halls in roughly chronological order, and contain many items actually or allegedly ...
Grakliani Hill (Georgian: გრაკლიანი გორა, Grakliani Gora) is an archaeological excavation site in eastern Georgia near Kaspi, [1] showing evidence of human presence possibly going back 300,000 years. [2] The site was discovered in 2007, during work to widen the Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze highway. [3]
Goa Chitra view. The name of the museum—Goa Chitra—is a combination of two words: Goa (name of the region) and chitra (trans. pictures). [7] The museum as a space is strategically categorised into three areas—"Goa Chitra, which celebrates the people’s connection with their land; Goa Chakra, a collection of non-mechanized vehicles from across country and time; and Goa Cruti, a colonial ...
The Museum of the Great Patriotic War, also known as the Victory Museum (Russian: Музей Победы, romanized: Muzey Pobedy), [1] is a history museum located in Moscow at Poklonnaya Gora. The building was designed by architect Anatoly Polyansky . [ 2 ]
Signpost at the Badagry Heritage Museum Freedom Statue at Badagry Heritage Museum. Badagry Heritage Museum is a museum in Badagry, Nigeria that is housed in the District Officer's Office built in 1863 by the British colonial government. [1] [2] [3] [4]