Gobustan
Gobustan State Reserve located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles southwest of the centre of Baku was established in 1966 when the region was declared as a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the ancient carvings, mud volcanoes and gas-stones in the region.
Gobustan State Reserve is very rich in archeological monuments, the reserve has more than 600,000 rock paintings, which depict primitive men, animals, battle-pieces, ritual dances, bullfights, boats with armed oarsmen, warriors with lances in their hands, camel caravans, pictures of sun and stars, on the average dating back to 5,000-20,000 years. [1]
Today Gobustan is the most popular state reserve and is an invaluable treasure-house of Azerbaijan. For other state reserves see State Reserves of Azerbaijan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobustan_State_Reserve
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Christian Bertero 13/03/2009 10:21
abbiamo graffiti di questo tipo nell'ovest della Sicilia : nell'isola di Levanzo, e grotte dell'Addaura e di Niscemi.E sempre commovente di incontrare tracce dell'uomo del passato remoto. Grande complimento Yegana.
Christian.
Müslüm Yasargun 13/03/2009 9:56
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