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Dargavs Town, often referred to as the “City of the Dead,” is a mysterious ancient necropolis located in North Ossetia, ...

Gamsutl is an ancient abandoned village perched high on a rocky mountain ridge in Dagestan, Russia. Built entirely from stone ...

The Lesser Caucasus Mountains are home to a diverse mix of flora and fauna. Meet the newest member of this fascinating ecosystem: Psammitis abuliensis. It’s not everyday that a new species is ...

Burial mounds are the most emblematic archaeological monuments of Bronze Age Eurasia. In the Caucasus Mountains, they were built up to great heights and mark the communication networks through which ...

After the Karakorum, the second expedtiion entitled "On the trails of the glaciers" is now about to set off for a month in the Caucasus, coordinated by Italian photographer Fabiano Ventura and the ...