Dolmens of Abkhazia information

The dolmens of Abkhazia are found in several locations in Abkhazia/Georgia. A dolmen is a type of pre-historic single-chamber megalithic tomb. These structures...

courtyard at the front of the dolmen. There in addition to these pristine dolmens were some ruined dolmens. The Caucasus dolmens are associated with the...

so-called dolmens of Abkhazia, typically consisting of four upright mass stones and a capstone, some of them weighing as much as 50 tonnes. A dolmen from the...

Eshera. Dolmens of Abkhazia Sukhumi District Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, T. 4, p. 257-258, Tbilisi., 1979. The political status of Abkhazia is disputed...

de jure territorial unit, which corresponds to the Gudauta District in Abkhazia. The table lists a monument, its location and dating as well as the status...

village in the Sukhumi District of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast. Its population was about 150 (as of 2005) with ethnic Russians constituting...

Valley, Karachay-Cherkessia Europe portal Russia portal Geography portal Dolmens of the North Caucasus Kuban People's Republic North Caucasian Federal University...

the war in Abkhazia, officially conquered Northern Abkhazia and the Abkhaz people recognized his rule. One of the stars on the flag of Abkhazia represents...

the Council of Priests of Abkhazia was formally constituted in Sukhumi. In North Ossetia, the Uatsdin faith was revived, and in 2012, 29% of the population...

Newgrange, are astronomically aligned. Four main types of Irish Megalithic Tombs have been identified: dolmens, court cairns, passage tombs and wedge-shaped gallery...

on the south by Sochi National Park and the ridge of the Caucasus bordering on the Georgia (Abkhazia). Altitudes range from 260 meters to 3,360 meters...

megalithic culture, which built dolmens and menhirs. Today more than 7,000 nuraghes appear in Sardinia. No written records of this civilization have been...

Dolmens of Sicily. Abingdon (GB): Brazen Head Publishing. Renfrew, Colin. 2001. "The Anatolian origins of Proto-Indo-European and the autochthony of the...

Several species of humans have intermittently occupied Great Britain for almost a million years. The earliest evidence of human occupation around 900...

to increase. Agricultural settlers made inroads around 3,000 BC. Many dolmens and rock tombs (especially passage graves) date from this period. The Nordic...

are remains of a number of settlements and villages, as well as dolmens — altar-like structures made out of very large slabs of stone. They are claimed...

became the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey from continental Europe. Neolithic farmers then settled on its coast and built the dolmens and menhirs found...

Phoenicians–Carthaginians. Dolmen of Cerqueira, Sever do Vouga Archaeological artifact from the work developed in the area of Citânia de Briteiros Cross...

Caucasus. The mythology of the Kartvelian peoples is believed by many scholars to have formed part of the religions of the kingdoms of Diauehi, Colchis and...

which is marked by the building of the ritual burial sites known as dolmens. The number, size, and visible locations of these megalithic monuments (especially...

from the Latin by John J. O'Meara, Dolmen Press, Portlaoise, 1985; also Nauigatio sancti Brendani abbatis [the Voyage of St Brendan the Abbot], edition by...

jure territorial unit, which corresponds to the Gulripshi District in Abkhazia. The table lists a monument, its location and dating as well as the status...

excavations in the territory of the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia (Adygea, Krasnodar Region, Karachay-Cherkessia, Abkhazia). Over 30 years he has thoroughly...

The Immovable Cultural Monuments of National Significance (Georgian: ეროვნული მნიშვნელობის კატეგორიის კულტურის უძრავი ძეგლები) are buildings, structures...

de jure territorial unit, which corresponds to the Sukhumi District in Abkhazia. The table lists a monument, its location and dating as well as the status...

Neolithic evidence, including the 150 cromlechs found throughout Wales and dolmens such as Pentre Ifan. Settlements are also present in the archaeological...