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Archaeologists Unearth 6,000 Years of Human History in Chechnya—from Ritual Altars to Bronze Age Metal Workshops
A vast archaeological investigation in southern Russia has revealed an unexpectedly dense landscape of human activity stretching back more than 6,000 years—uncovering ritual spaces, early settlements, metal workshops, and hundreds of burials that reshape what we know about the North Caucasus. Conducted ahead of the construction of the Novogrozny–Serzhen-Yurt gas pipeline, the excavation—led by the…