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Ancient stone structures found in Azerbaijan

Thu 26 August 2010 | 08:11 GMT

Material monuments related to domestic and funeral traditions were found during archaeological digs in Balakan region.

"Though the second stage of digs is currently underway, we have already found a great many of evidences of richness of our history", the news service for the Baku Department of Culture and Tourism said.

According to historians, the history of funeral objects can be observed in the burial mounds in Goztala settlement of Gazamalar village. Graves, stone structures, walls related to the period of Caucasian Albania were found in the result of archaeological digs. The ceramic objects feature the skills of the third and fifth centuries.

Archaeological digs on the area continue.

Novosti-Azerbaijan


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