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September-October 2009
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ARMENIA: An ancient winery is found in Armenia.
During the excavation works in Ptichiy grotto in the vicinity of Armenian town of Areni the archeologists discovered clay pitchers with storage capacity of over 50 litres,
... full textand some pottery. These findings enable the archeologists to suggest that the local people practiced wine production on a large scale. The vine found in the grotto dates back to the end of the 5th - beginning of the 4th millennium BC.
In Armenia small volcanic grottoes can be found on the slopes of Aragats mountain, in Kassakh and Razdan river gorges. Majority of them are well explored. As to Areni region, the excavation works have been carried out since 2007 by the archeologists from Ireland, USA, Great Britain and Armenia. Last year there were discovered some manuscripts in Armenian and Persian.
GEORGIA: Hotel Hyatt will appear in Batumi. In the city of Batumi on the Black Sea coast of Georgia there is being completed the construction of a new “Hyatt” hotel complex.
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The opening of the hotel is scheduled for March 2010.
This is the second hotel in the region that will be managed by international group of hoteliers. The first hotel of such grade was Sheraton hotel.
AZERBAIJAN: The remains of an ancient urban settlement are found in Agjabedi. Mil-Garabag archeological expedition from the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography under the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
... full texthas unearthed the remains of an ancient urban settlement dating to Late Antiquity – the Early Middle Ages. The works are being done in the vicinity of Salmanbeily village in Agjabedi region (Azerbaijan).
The initial excavations revealed 5-metre-high outer walls, a 15-metre long urban street and some other constructions.
The scientists suggest a multi-layer structure of the city. The upper layer contains the evidence of urban settlement dating to the Middle Ages (the 11th-13th centuries). The second layer dates to the Early Middle Ages, whereas the deepest layer can be dated to the 4th-3rd centuries BC.
TURKMENISTAN: A new railway bridge was constructed across the Amu Darya river. In Turkmenistan there was built a new “Atamurat-Kerkichi” bridge across the Amu Darya – the largest and most wayward
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The new bridge opened the transport corridor to the right bank of the river, which rich in natural recourses, and considerably shortened the time for goods and passengers transportation from the left-bank regions to the right-bank territories of Turkmenistan.
The new railway bridge is a construction made of concrete and steel. Its length is 1415 m and it can stand earth tremors of up to 9.0 Richter scale. So far this is the only construction of such kind on the territory of Turkmenistan.
UZBEKISTAN: Lufthansa is going to fly to Tashkent. From March 28, 2010 the German airline company LUFTHANSA is launching a direct flight from Munich to Tashkent.
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The route will be flown by Boeing-737-800 aircrafts operated by Swiss PrivatAir carrier.
Munich-Tashkent flight is scheduled to depart Munich every week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The average flight time is 6 hours 10 minutes. The route distance is 4485 km (2787 miles).
Departure time from Munich is 20.15pm; arrival to Tashkent is at 5.05am the following day. The return flight departs Tashkent at 6.45am and arrives to Munich at 10.15am.
Boeing 737-800 aircraft capacity is 108 passenger seats including 24 business-class seats and 84 economy-class seats. The cost of the economy – class ticket for the flight from Munich to Tashkent is 539 EUR.
In previous years (1993-2001) LUFTHANSA used to operate passenger flights to Uzbekistan from Frankfurt.
TAJIKISTAN: New “OZODI” tunnel is constructed on the Shar-Shar pass in Tajikistan. The Shar-Shar pass on Dushanbe-Kulyab-Kalayhumb-Khorog-Murgab-Kulma highway, which provides year-round transport
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traffic between country’s important centres and connects Tajikistan with the neighbouring countries and sea ports, for decades used to create many problems and danger to traffic and travelers.
Taking this into consideration and in order to facilitate at the most the traffic on this highway, there was constructed a tunnel 2225 m in length, five kilometers of service roads and a 180-metre-long bridge. All these facilities meet all modern construction standards.
With the new tunnel being built the distance between Dushanbe and Kulyab has shorted by 7 kilometres, whereas the traveling time has shortened by 40 minutes.
“OZODI” tunnel is of utmost importance not only for ensuring stable traffic flows between the regions of Tajikistan, but also for the revival of the southern branch of the Great Silk Road.
KYRGYZSTAN: Scientist research the petroglyphs of Sulayman-Too mountain. In the town of Osh (Southern Kyrgyzstan) scientists from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan proceeded to survey the petroglyphs ... full textof Sulayman-Too mountain which have recently been included into the UNESCO World Heritage List.
This cooperation of scientists from neighbouring countries is actualized within the framework of UNESCO project “Rock art of Central Asia”. It implies the inclusion into the World Heritage List of petroglyphs found on the territory of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
On the slopes of Sulayman-Too mountain, which enjoys the status of a history and archeology museum complex, there are about 400 petroglyphs.
The earliest records of this mountain are probably the Chinese sources dating to the first millennium and telling about Guyshan-chen- ‘a town at the highly revered mount’. The modern name of the mountain is connected with a Moslem legend from seventeenth-century Arabic sources about Prophet Sulayman who was buried here.
The mountain which is about 150 metres in height and 560 metres in width at the foot has east-west orientation. The archeological findings date to the period from Meso-Neolithic times to late Middle Ages. As a sacred place the mountain started to function since Bronze Age and early 1st millennium BC, though some scientists suggest a much earlier eneolithic period. Each of its five summits and numerous caves has its own name. Moreover, some rocks, stones and isthmuses are also given names and are associated with certain legends.
KAZAKHSTAN: New ecological routes in the spurs of Jungar Alatau, Jamanty tract and along Alakol lake. Under the joint project of Global Ecological Fund, UNDP and the government of Kazakhstan ... full text“Integrated Conservation of Priority Globally Significant Migratory Bird Wetland Area” there was started implementation of actions aimed at sustainable development of ecological tourism in Alakol-Sasykkol lake system.
A number of ecological routes have been worked out, including hiking, horse riding, bird watching, trekking with overnights in yurt camp. The routes run through Jungar Alatou, in Jamanty tract and along Alakol lake. These ecological routes are aimed at development of organized, ecologically educational tourism, familiarization of tourists with the unique nature of Alakol-Sasykkol lake system, conservation of the region’s biodiversity, protection of the natural resources of Jetysu and development of sustainable tourism.
CHINA: Ancient rock paintings are found in Xinjiang. On the territory of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region there were found four rock paintings
... full textwhose age, according to the experts, is 2300 years.
The paintings were discovered on the rock on the bank of Shimenzhi water reservoir. Each of the paintings is 6-8 square metres in area. The paintings image hunting scenes of the local population.