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World Heritage archaeological wonders in Azerbaijan · Mysteria

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World Heritage archaeological wonders in Azerbaijan

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🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

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🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Rock art

Gobustan Kichikdash South Petroglyphs

Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age · Gobustan hunters, Kura-Araxes, Classical (Roman contact)

South slope of Kichikdash with 1100 boat and aurochs hunt cupule petroglyphs.

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🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Rock art

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

Upper Paleolithic to Middle Ages (~14,000 BCE – 1300 CE) · Caspian hunter-gatherer to nomadic pastoralist

Semi-desert limestone plateau on the Caspian littoral with over 6,000 engravings distributed across Boyukdash, Kichikdash and Jingirdag mesas.