#trialeti

[lanabelll]

amazing view of Trialeti plateau and Javakheti - Paravani lake from yesterday. Love this dramatic landscape of the region with beautiful colour conditions! 

[archaicwonder]

Gold, agate and carnelian necklace from a Trialeti culture tumulus, early 2nd millennium BC

Found in the necropolis near Tsalka, Georgia, also known in ancient times as Colchis, the land of the Golden Fleece and the famous destination of Jason and the Argonauts.

The Trialeti culture was a second culture to appear in Georgia, after the Shulaveri-Shomu culture which existed from 6000 to 4000 BC. It shows close ties with the highly-developed cultures of the ancient world, particularly with the Aegean, but also with cultures to the south, such as the Sumerians and their Akkadian conquerors.

The Trialeti culture was known for its particular form of burial. The elite were interred in large, very rich burials under earth and stone mounds, which sometimes contained four-wheeled carts. Many gold objects have been found in these graves and they strongly resemble similar objects found at sites in to Iran and Iraq.