2,500-Year-Old Necropolis Found in Khynalyg District
Baku / 13.07.18 / Turan: An expedition of the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (ANAS) discovered an ancient necropolis in the southeast of this mountain village. The find dates from the middle of the first millennium BC, the press service of ANAS reported.
The head of the expedition Idris Aliyev reported on the study of 12 found graves, which were covered with stone slabs.
The skeletons of people found were lying down. Their heads face northwest.
Skeletons and their samples have been taken for anthropological research and various analyzes.
Also found in the burials are bronze and iron tips of spears and arrows, and ornaments (bracelets, pendants, iron crowns, hairpins, necklaces, etc.)
The village of Khynalyg is the highest mountain village in the Eastern Caucasus (2,300 m above sea level). -03D-
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