Archaeological Sites in Georgia (country)
Anacopia Fortress
Anacopia Fortress is an ancient military citadel in New Athos in the disputed Abkhazia region of Georgia, located 22 km along the coast from Sukhumi. The site measures approximately 450 × 150 meters…
Armazi
Ancient capital of the Georgian kingdom of Iberia (Kartli), founded in the 3rd century BC by King Pharnavaz I near modern Mtskheta. Three cultural layers span the 4th century BC to 6th century AD.…
Atashgah Of Tbilisi
Built 3rd-7th c. AD, Atashgah is an ancient Zoroastrian Fire Temple in Tbilisi, Georgia, constructed during the Sasanian era when eastern Georgia was under Persian political and cultural…
Chabukauri Basilica
Chabukauri Basilica is an early Christian three-aisle basilica in eastern Georgia's Kakheti region, situated within the historical settlement of Nekresi approximately 1.5 km northwest of the Nekresi…
Didnauri
Didnauri is a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age settlement on the Shiraki Plain in Dedoplistsqaro municipality, southeastern Georgia. It is considered the largest ancient settlement ever unearthed in…
Dmanisi
Dmanisi is an archaeological site in the Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia, about 85 km southwest of Tbilisi. It contains hominin fossils dated to 1.85-1.77 million years ago, making them the earliest…
Dzalisi
Dzalisi is a major archaeological site in the Mukhrani Valley, Georgia, 50 km northwest of Tbilisi, identified as the Zalissa mentioned by Ptolemy as one of the principal towns of the ancient Kingdom…
Grakliani Hill
Grakliani Hill is a 7th-century BC temple complex in eastern Georgia near Kaspi, featuring a fertility goddess shrine with a disputed inscription that may predate other known regional scripts by over…
Kudaro
Kudaro is a complex of Paleolithic cave sites in the highlands of Georgia, located at approximately 1,600 meters above sea level. The caves contain Lower Paleolithic Acheulean artifacts including…
Kutaisi
(1500–500 BC) Archaeological evidence confirms Kutaisi was a significant settlement during the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, situated on the Rioni River in western Georgia. The site lies 221 km…
Lake Paliastomi
Lake Paliastomi is a shallow coastal lagoon in western Georgia near the city of Poti, with a surface area of 17.3 km² and mean depth of 2.6 m [1]. Connected to the Black Sea by a narrow channel,…
Nekresi
Nekresi is an archaeological site in Georgia's Kakheti region, situated between Qvareli and Shilda at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus. The settlement existed from the 5th century BC to the 1st…
Nekresi Fire Temple
2nd–5th century AD: The Nekresi Fire Temple is an archaeological complex in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, part of the wider Nekresi site. The excavated building, preserved only…
Nokalakevi
(4th c. BC – 6th c. AD) Nokalakevi, also known as Archaeopolis in ancient Greek and Tsikhegoji in Georgian, is an archaeological site in the Senaki municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of…
Sakdrisi
Sakdrisi, in Georgia's Kvemo Kartli region, is one of the world's oldest known gold mines, dated to approximately 3400-2800 BC. Discovered in 2004 by German researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum,…
Samshvilde
Samshvilde is a fortified city and archaeological site in Georgia's Kvemo Kartli region, located in the Khrami river valley near the modern village of Tetritsqaro[1]. The ruins stretch approximately…
Satsurblia Cave
Satsurblia Cave Natural Monument is a paleoanthropological site located 1.2 km from Kumistavi village in Georgia's Imereti region, situated 287 meters above sea level [1]. This karst cave was first…
Shukhuti Mosaic
A 4th-5th century AD bath mosaic discovered in 1961 at the village of Shukhuti in the Guria region of western Georgia, dating to the era of Lazica. The mosaic was found in what is identified as a…
Trialeti Petroglyphs
The Trialeti petroglyphs are prehistoric rock art in the Tsalka Municipality of Georgia's Kvemo Kartli region, dating primarily to the 3rd millennium BC (Bronze Age). The site comprises approximately…
Tsitsamuri
Tsitsamuri is a small village near Mtskheta, Georgia, where archaeologist Andria Apakidze unearthed a ruined acropolis of ancient Iberia in 1953 [1]. The site is identified as the Seusamora of Strabo…
Tsona Cave
Tsona Cave is an archaeological cave site at the head of the river Qvirila near village Tson in Java Municipality, Shida Kartli, Georgia[1]. Dated to the period between 500 BC and 1 AD, the cave…
Tsutskhvati Cave Natural Monument
Tsutskhvati Cave Natural Monument is a karst cave near village Tsutskhvati in Tkibuli Municipality, Imereti region of Georgia. Located in the Okriba-Argveti ridge, it sits 320 metres above sea level…
Uplistsikhe
Uplistsikhe is an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia, located 10 km east of Gori.[1]
Urbnisi
Urbnisi is a village in Georgia's Shida Kartli region, in the district of Kareli [1].
Vani
Vani is a town in western Georgia's Imereti region, situated on the Sulori River, approximately 41 km southwest of Kutaisi[1]. Archaeological excavations since 1947 have revealed the remains of an…
Vani Archaeological Site
Vani is a multi-layered archaeological site in western Georgia's Imereti region, identified as the principal political, administrative, and religious center of ancient Colchis from the 8th to 1st…
Ziari
Ziari is a Paleolithic archaeological site in Gurjaani Municipality, Kakheti region, Georgia, located at an elevation of approximately 842 meters. Archaeological research conducted since the 1960s…