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Unusual Funeral Rites Discovered in an Early Bronze Age Mound in Azerbaijan
Five burials uncovered inside an Early Bronze Age mound in southern Azerbaijan show that the dead were laid to rest in markedly different ways. Archaeologists found one person tightly curled on the right side, another extended on the back, and fragmented human remains placed inside an upright ceramic vessel. The discoveries come from one of…
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3,600-Year-Old Kurgan in Azerbaijan Reveals a Bronze Age Symbol of Power
Archaeologists excavating a 3,600-year-old kurgan in western Azerbaijan have uncovered a polished stone staff head that may once have served as an emblem of authority. A bronze dagger and finely worked arrowheads found in the same burial suggest that the person laid to rest there held an elevated military and social position. The burial, designated…
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First Mesolithic Human Figurine Found in Damjili Cave in Azerbaijan
The first human figurine dating back to the Mesolithic period has been discovered in the Damjili Cave in Gazakh, as announced by Doctor of History Yagub Mammadov, the head of the Azerbaijani-Japanese Damjili International Archaeological Expedition affiliated with the Institute of Archeology and Anthropology of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), in a statement…