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A 10-Centimeter Neolithic Stone Sphere Found in Azerbaijan Has No Known Parallel in the South Caucasus
Archaeologists excavating the Neolithic settlement of Pashatepe in southeastern Azerbaijan have uncovered a polished stone sphere that does not match any known direct parallel from the South Caucasus. The object was found in the Jalilabad district during excavations led by Vafa Mahmudova, a senior researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Azerbaijan…
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Bronze Age Warrior Buried with Rare Spear Unearthed in Azerbaijan
A monumental archaeological discovery has been made in the windswept steppes of western Azerbaijan’s Ceyranchol region: a 3,800-year-old burial mound (kurgan) containing the remains of a Bronze Age warrior buried with a rare four-pronged spearhead has been unearthed. The find was made during the fifth phase of the “Scientific-Archaeological Excavations and Summer School at Keshikchidagh”…