Geography and Maps

Ananauri
The Georgian-German Kachetien Project, excavation of a kurgan in eastern Georgia. In German.

The Monuments of Ancient Georgia
Pictures and a little text of standing structures in Georgia.

Atskouri
Joint Georgian-Canadian Samtskhe Archaeological Expedition, at the University of Bilkent, has been excavating at this site, occupied from ca. 6th century BC through Medieval times.

Ciskaraant-Gora/Shiraki-Ebene
Bronze and Iron age site, excavated by Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.

Dmanisi
An article in the Seattle Times about the recent excavations at this 1.7 million year old site.

Deutsches Archäologische Institut
The Eurasian Section, conducts investigations in Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Daghestan, Thrace, Kazakstan.

Georgia in the 4th-10th Centuries
Mariam Lordkipanidze discusses the spread of Christianity in Georgia.

Abkhazia and Abkhazians
Mariam Lordkipanidze discusses the likely prehistory of Georgia, the Kartvelian population in Western Transcaucasia.

The History of Georgia
A comprehensive history (and prehistory) of Georgia, beginning with hominids. By George Anchabadze, and, like most of this page, from the government home page.