A new drone survey has revealed that a 3000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains is almost “40 ... between 1500BC and 500BC in the Caucasus region, on the boundary between Europe, the ...

This ancient village in Armenia is surrounded by mountains and is often compared to Machu Picchu in Peru. Here's what history ...

After a night of snowfall—the first of the season in Svaneti, a region high in Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains—the day has broken with icy clarity. Suddenly visible above the village of ...

With a richly diverse natural landscape—from the vertiginous mountain peaks of the Caucasus to the balmy rainforests of the Black Sea-fronted Adjara region—the country of Georgia offers ...

For decades, fraught geopolitics and poorly marked trails gave all but the most intrepid hikers pause about the Caucasus Mountains ... is making the region more accessible. Its latest bushwhacked ...

Laman Ismayilova Read more Shahdag National Park is undoubtedly one of the best places to visit this autumn, especially as ...

In recent weeks, much international attention has focused on the war between Russia and Ukraine, and US President Donald ...

Preserved by its long isolation, the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus is an exceptional example of mountain scenery with medieval-type villages and tower-houses. The village of Chazhashi still has ...

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The neighboring countries have been engaged in a decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region in the Caucasus Mountains that was home to around 120,000 ethnic Armenians. The region ...

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