Baku - Gobustan, Azerbaijan

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Archeologists and tourists from around the world descend on this history and art preserve 60 kilometers south of Baku to study the 4,000 or so rock drawings etched some 12,000 years ago by the ancestors of the Azeris. Early human history comes to life in well-preserved depictions of hunting and religious rituals. Images abound of snakes, goats, lions and men and women in loin cloths. A great number of mysterious carved symbols keep the specialists coming back. More on www.bakusun.az

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