Important old towns in Georgia. Visit the city of Vani.
At different times, the city of Vani had different political meanings. Excavations in the city were conducted for a long time. As a result of the excavations, the walls of the fence, the temple, the seven steps of the altar and much more were found. All other found objects are stored in the archaeological museum-reserve of Vanya, so in no case do not pass by this place.
Vani in the ancient era was the most important city of ancient Colchis. Small numerous settlements located around the village of Vani, of the ancient period, two periods can be distinguished: VI-IV and III-I centuries BC.
In the first period , Vanya was a skeptukhia - the center of an administrative unit Colchis the kingdom where the residence of the rulers was located. This era includes wooden religious buildings and dwellings, various ceramics (with a black lacquer coating, with a red-figure composition, as well as clay and metal dishes) and rich burials (in which tiaras, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, pendants, heraldic images and cups were found). All this testifies to the close trade, economic and cultural ties of Colchis with the ancient Greek world.
In the second mentioned period, Vani was a major shopping center. As a result of archaeological finds, a fence wall, a round-shaped temple, a structure with counterfrors, seven steps of the altar, sculptures of cult and ritual purposes, ceramics of local and Greek production were discovered. In the I century BC, the ancient city ceased to exist.
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