Lazica/Egrisi and Nokalakevi
Egrisi / ეგრისი; Nokalakevi / ნოქალაქევი
Fortifications, churches, palatial and domestic buildings, baths, ceramics, coins, burials, and surrounding settlement evidence illuminate a western Georgian kingdom within Roman-Sasanian competition and local networks.
Evidence, landscapes, community scale, political organization, and connections
Mountain, river, Black Sea, Caspian, Anatolian, Iranian, and steppe connections
Rivers, fertile lowlands, forests, roads, mountain approaches, Black Sea connections, forts, farms, and churches supported regional power and everyday life.
Political organization and community scale
Kings, courts, local elites, fortified centers, churches, rural communities, soldiers, and Roman and Sasanian interests shaped changing authority and obligations.
Late-antique transformation, living heritage, and modern reception
Georgian institutions and international partners steward Nokalakevi. Lazica/Egrisi history cannot adjudicate present borders, ethnic identity, or personal ancestry.
The identification is strong but should remain an evidence-based attribution rather than a timeless name.
Local rulers and communities had agency within imperial conflict.
Rural, coastal, and mountain communities require additional evidence.
简洁、来源化的时间表
这些里程碑是指向点,而不是完整的历史.
Households, subsistence, labor, language, belief, craft, exchange, and mobility
本简介中命名的语言
- Kartvelian languages in regional historical context
- Greek in eastern Roman institutional and ecclesiastical use
- Middle Persian and other languages in imperial encounters
语言家庭: Kartvelian language history is relevant, but texts and material culture cannot assign every subject one identity
Long-running fieldwork integrates city, household, burial, and landscape evidence.
Fortifications reveal labor and conflict but not a complete social history.
The Lazic War must be read through partisan imperial authors and local archaeology.
Elite graves, fortresses, royal inscriptions, churches, palaces, imported objects, and state heritage narratives are often more visible than households, women, children, farmers, herders, fishers, craftspeople, migrants, captives, enslaved or coerced people, and rural communities. Evidence gaps must not be filled with evolutionary hierarchy, ethnic purity, foreign-founder, empty-land, lost-civilization, or simple population-replacement narratives.
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Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · State-submitted archaeological heritage record · 2007; current tentative-list record
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C2
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological heritage record · 2007; current record
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C3
The Culture of Shengavit
History Museum of Armenia · National archaeological museum resource · Current museum research resource
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C4
Areni-1 Cave
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · State-submitted archaeological heritage record · 2026; current tentative-list record
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C5
Archaeological Collection
History Museum of Armenia · National museum archaeological collections resource · Current institutional resource
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C6
Historical Monuments of Mtskheta
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International cultural-heritage record · 1994; current record
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C7
Vani Archaeological Museum
Georgian National Museum · National archaeological museum and site resource · Current museum resource
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C8
Department of Ancient Archaeology
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia · National academic archaeological research resource · Current research resource
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C9
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological and architectural heritage record · 2003; current record
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C10
Nokalakevi Archaeological Project
Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi · Accountable archaeological fieldwork and publication resource · Current archaeological project resource
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C11
Ancient Archaeology Department
Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences · National academic archaeological research resource · Current research resource
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C12
Museum Reserve Erebuni
Yerevan Municipality · Public archaeological museum resource · Current municipal museum directory
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S1
Nokalakevi Archaeological Project
Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi · Accountable archaeological fieldwork and publication resource · Current project resource
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Nokalakevi Museum-Reserve and archaeological collections
Georgian National Museum · National archaeological museum resource · Current institutional resource
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Late antique archaeology in Georgia
University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology · University archaeological research resource · Current university research directory
Editorial review: August 5, 2026