An important archaeological discovery in Georgia, the western part of which is the ancient Colchis, a leading Italian scholar has seen: Livio Zerbini, responsible Laboratory of the ancient provinces Danube University of Ferrara. In the province of Samtskhe, a few miles away from the fortress of Khertvissi, Zerbini, flanked by Vakhtang Licheli, director of the Department of Archaeology University "I. Javakhishvili "in Tbilisi, has found a vast necropolis, previously unknown and completely intact. Along the route follows the valley of the river Mtkvari and leading to the cave monastery of Vardzia, halfway between the villages of tsundere Tmogvi and, in a very inaccessible area, in a valley well concealed and hidden, thickens a large number of monumental tombs. The necropolis is of great interest not only to the extent and the large number of burials, but for the time span represented, dating back to IV-III millennium BC until the third century AD The first excavations, made in September last year, have confirmed the importance of the site, which will represent a of the most interesting archaeological sites in the years to come, allowing you to throw a new and clearer light on this region and to better define the outlines of themes and recurring motifs in the Mediterranean and oriental civilization.
Thursday, April 8, in Rome, at Palazzo Rondanini to 11.30, the book will be presented by Zerbini "The armor lost (Rubbettino) , Which is born of the discovery of an ancient armor, complete and in excellent condition. The pages of the volume not only retrace and reconstruct the main phases of the exceptional archaeological discovery, but they represent a journey back in time in ancient Colchis, where the size of the myth can still be felt and it seems almost inherent in the same places, and where the archeology, because of the lack of systematic excavations, is still inevitably cloaked in the charm of the mystery of discovery. Crossroads of important routes between the West and the East, Colchis was often in the course of history, the focus of great empires and states. As was the case recently, when the war has hurt this country in the clash between Russia and Georgia, as also happened in the past. Three thousand years ago, from the Mediterranean, landed on its shores the Argonauts, led by Jason in search of the legendary Golden Fleece. And it was through the ancient Colchis, which - in the first century. BC - the Roman general Pompey the Great became the head of his army, to reach almost to the Caspian Sea. The meeting was one of the most impressive and challenging military expeditions undertaken by the Romans, to finally defeat Mithridates VI Eupator, king of Pontus, and to extend the dominion of Rome to Armenia. It is therefore not difficult to see how Georgia, land on the border between myth and history, the meeting point of many different cultures and civilizations, is distinguished by an extraordinary wealth of archaeological, an enormous heritage which, for the lack of systematic excavations, we know still very little. The presentation of the book, besides the author, will take Patrizio Bianchi, President Crui Foundation, Konstantin Gabashvili, the ambassador of Georgia, Mounir Bouchenaki, Director-General of ICCROM, Angela Donati, University of Bologna, Roberto Giacobbo, Deputy Rai 2, Andreas Steiner, editor "Archeo and Professor Licheli.
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