Vani Archaeological Museum, Imereti Region, Georgia
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advised everyone interested in ancient culture
the archaeological museum of Vani (near Kutaisi) is already open! and presents amazing finds from the ancient city of Leucothea (VIII-VII centuries BC). We were delighted with jewelry made using a unique technique (tsvari), clay mythical figurines, and exquisite bronze items. Excavations have been conducted not very long ago and not very seriously (in our opinion). Provided that the international archaeological community is interested in this site, we are sure that these excavations will rank in importance with Pompey, Knossos and other pearls of antiquity. we advise everyone interested in ancient culture
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O. Lortkipanidze St., 32, Vani, Georgia.
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exploring trejure of Georgia
amazing place for viziting and exploring trejure of Georgia .Vani (Georgian: ვანი) is a town in Imereti region of western Georgia, at the Sulori river (a tributary of the Rioni river), 41 km southwest from the regional capital Kutaisi. The town with the population of 3,744 (2014) is an administrative center of the Municipality of Vani comprising also 40 neighbouring villages (total area – 557 km²; population – 24,512, 2014). Systematic archaeological studies (N.Khoshtaria, O.Lortkiphanidze) carried out in the Vani environs since 1947 revealed the remnants of a rich city of the ancient power of Colchis. The name of this ancient settlement is still unknown but four distinct stages of uninterrupted occupation have been identified. The first phase is dated to the 8th to 7th centuries BC. In this period Vani is presumed to have been a major cultic centre. The second phase - end of the 7th and beginning of the 6th to the first half of the 4th century BC - is represented by cultural layers, remains of wooden structures, sacrificial altars cut in the rocky ground, and rich burials. It is assumed that on this stage Vani was the centre of a political-administrative unit of the kingdom of Colchis. The third phase covers the second half of the 4th to the first half of the 3rd century BC. It is represented largely by rich burials, remains of stone structures. To the fourth phase (3rd to mid-1st centuries BC) belong defensive walls, the so-called small gate, sanctuaries and cultic buildings (temples, altars sacrificial platforms), and the remains of a foundry for casting bronze statues. It is assumed that in the 3rd to 1st centuries BC. Vani was a templar city. According to the archaeological data, the city was destroyed in the mid-1st century BC. Subsequently, Vani declined to a village and was officially granted a status of a town only in 1981. In town Vani there is an interesting museum (founded in 1985), where some unique pieces of the ancient Colchis are exhibited.
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