Grakliani Hill

Grakliani Hill is an archaeological excavation site in eastern Georgia near Kaspi, showing evidence of human presence possibly going back 300,000 years [1]. The site was discovered in 2007, during work to widen the Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze highway [1]. The site contains a temple to a fertility goddess from the seventh century BCE, a pit-type burial cemetery from the early Bronze Age, and the remains of a building from around 450-350 BCE; the building consists of three rooms with three storage rooms [1]. The site had been occupied between the Chalcolithic and the Late Hellenistic periods [1]. The excavation of layers yielded artifacts including children's toys, weapons, icons, and pharmacological devices [1]. Within the first two months of digging, archaeologists had excavated over 35,000 pieces from hundreds of graves and ruins of settlements that date back to the eighth century BCE [1].