Medieval Muslim Cemetery Unearthed In Karabakh
Date
1/15/2023 2:11:05 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) A Muslim medieval cemetery has been unearthed in Arakul village,
Khojavand District by the Azerbaijani Institute of Archeology,
Ethnography, and Anthropology, Azernews reports.
On October 15, 2022, employees of Caspian Geomatic LLC operating
in the village gave information about the discovery of human
remains to the Institute of Archaeology, Ethnography, and
Anthropology of ANAS. Vusal Hasanov, an employee of the
Khojavand-Fuzuli archaeological expedition, inspected the area
together with the representatives of the relevant institutions as
instructed by ANAS. The discovered human remains are located in the
north of Arakul village of Khojavand District on the hills.
During the preliminary examination of skeletons by
archaeologist-anthropologist Vusal Hasanov, it was determined that
the cemetery belongs to the Middle Ages (XIII-XV). No surface marks
have been observed on the graves and due to this the graves have
escaped notice for generations.
It is worth mentioning that there is an Armenian village in the
village belonging to the XIX-XX centuries.
Arakul or Arakel is a village in Khojavand District of
Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village
was occupied on August 15, 1993, by the Armenian Armed Forces. It
was liberated on November 9, 2020, by the Azerbaijani Armed
Forces.
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