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Gold and Silver items discovered in the territory of Georgia. dating from the 3rd Millennium BC to  the 4th Century AD
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This is a gold amulet of Abraham, Son of Sarah.
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View from the hotel room of the city of Tbilisi
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Metekhi Church located high on a hill in Tbilisi
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Tbilisi, capital of Georgia from the 4th century was founded by King Vakhtang Gorgassal on the sate of its warm mineral-water springs.
The Old Town is part of the Tbilisi Historic District and contains a number of officially designated monuments, churches, cobbled streets and picturesque pastel colored wooden houses with open, carved balconies. The houses are mainly 19th century as much of the city was destroyed by the devastating Persian invasion of 1795.
Tbilisi developed into the main city of the caucasus. By the 12th centurey Tbilisi was one of the more important political, economic and cultural centries of the Middle East.
Below the roof are the warm mineral water springs.
Tbilisi sttd as a key stop on the famous Silk Road right on the border between europse and Asic.
The Old Town contains the “Abanotubani” district where there is a whole street of public bathhouses that use the sulphurous waters of the many hot springs in this area.
Love Lock Bridge at East Point ”

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