(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Laman Ismayilova
Gobustan State Historical Reserve has joined the final meeting
of the European Cultural Route in Spain, Azernews reports.
The meeting titled 'Prehistoric Rock Art Trails' was attended by
56 representatives from eight countries, including scientific
secretary of Gobustan Reserve Sabir Nazirov and leading scientific
workers Sevinj Shirinli and Nurana Hasanli.
PRAT-CARP Board President Germinal Peiro opened the meeting with
an introductory speech, covering the main issues on the agenda. He
listed Gobustan State Historical Reserve among the most successful
operating reserves.
During the meeting, Sevinj Shirinli made a presentation on
'Post-pandemic activities of the Gobustan National
Historical-Artistic Reserve'. In her report, she highlighted
scientific research projects carried out in the reserve, as well as
tourism and international cooperation.
The catalog 'Gobustan - Jingirdag-Yazilitepe and Sona rock
petroglyphs corpus', as well as the magazine 'World of Gobustan'
were presented as part of the event.
Gobustan State Historical Reserve, which dates back to the 8th
millennium BC, never ceases to amaze everyone with 600,000
petroglyphs.
Gobustan rock carvings were discovered in 1939 at Jingirdag
mountain and Yazili Tepe.
The rock engravings depict primitive men, animals, battle
pieces, ritual dances, bullfights, boats with armed oarsmen,
warriors with lances in their hands, camel caravans, and pictures
of the sun and stars.
These unique petroglyphs were recognized as UNESCO World
Heritage Sites in 2007.
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