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Did you know... that a previously unknown script found on an altar at the Grakliani Hill archeological site in Georgia is 1000 years older than any other script in the Caucasus?

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DYK Nomination[edit]

This article had been nominated for a DYK. -Tradereddy (talk) 16:04, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

1. Grakliani Gora archaeological site was not discovered by Grakliani Gora archaeological expedition ( head of expedition V. Licheli). 2. Scripts were found after 6 year regular, planned excavations of the 3rd terrace. 3. Tbilisi State University students work on Grakliani Gora, getting good practice in the field archaeology and this is part of their education process. About 15-20 students per year are included in the expedition to work on Grakliani Gora. Territory of excavations is divided in to the several sections/trenches and students are working under supervision of professional archaeologists. In one of the section/trench, where professional archaeologists worked with students, scripts were unearthed. 4. The site had been occupied between the Paleolithic and the Late Roman periods. There are 11 different period cultural layers on Grakliani Gora. 5. Last period publications about Grakliani Gora findings and scripts: 1. v. liCeli. Ggraklianis kultura, Tbilisi, 2014 2. v. liCeli, paleo-qarTuli damwerloba, saerTaSoriso qarTvelologiuri kongresi, I, masalebi, Tbilisi, 2015, gv. 80-84 3. v. liCeli, grakliani - samarxebidan damwerlobamde, VII saerTaSoriso qarTvelologiuri simpoziumis masalebi, Tbilisi, 2016, gv. 35-46 4. V. Liche;li, Paleo-Georgian script of 7th c BC, 2016, Academia. Edu 5. V.Licheli, Intellectual Innovations in Georgia (11th – 9th c. BC). PRELIMINARY PUBLICATION OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. CONTACT ZONES OF EUROPE from the 3rd mill. BC to the 1st mill. AD International Scientific Conference Humboldt Colleague, 2017, p. 83-88. 6. V. Licheli. Urban Development in Central Transcaucasia in Anatolian Context: New Data - Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia. Brill, Netherlands. Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 135-156(22) (2011) Vakhtang Licheli, Prof. of Tbilisi State University, Head of Grakliani Archaeological expedition vakhlich@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.52.182.242 (talk) 12:26, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

1. Grakliani Gora archaeological site was discovered by Grakliani Gora archaeological expedition ( head of expedition V. Licheli). 2. Scripts were found after 6 year regular, planned excavations of the 3rd terrace. 3. Tbilisi State University students work on Grakliani Gora, getting good practice in the field archaeology and this is part of their education process. About 15-20 students per year are included in the expedition to work on Grakliani Gora. Territory of excavations is divided in to the several sections/trenches and students are working under supervision of professional archaeologists. In one of the section/trench, where professional archaeologists worked with students, scripts were unearthed. 4. The site had been occupied between the Paleolithic and the Late Roman periods. There are 11 different period cultural layers on Grakliani Gora. 5. Last period publications about Grakliani Gora findings and scripts: 1. v. liCeli. Ggraklianis kultura, Tbilisi, 2014 2. v. liCeli, paleo-qarTuli damwerloba, saerTaSoriso qarTvelologiuri kongresi, I, masalebi, Tbilisi, 2015, gv. 80-84 3. v. liCeli, grakliani - samarxebidan damwerlobamde, VII saerTaSoriso qarTvelologiuri simpoziumis masalebi, Tbilisi, 2016, gv. 35-46 4. V. Liche;li, Paleo-Georgian script of 7th c BC, 2016, Academia. Edu 5. V.Licheli, Intellectual Innovations in Georgia (11th – 9th c. BC). PRELIMINARY PUBLICATION OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. CONTACT ZONES OF EUROPE from the 3rd mill. BC to the 1st mill. AD International Scientific Conference Humboldt Colleague, 2017, p. 83-88. 6. V. Licheli. Urban Development in Central Transcaucasia in Anatolian Context: New Data - Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia. Brill, Netherlands. Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 135-156(22) (2011) Vakhtang Licheli, Prof. of Tbilisi State University, Head of Grakliani Archaeological expedition vakhlich@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.52.182.242 (talk) 12:28, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

1. Grakliani Gora archaeological site was discovered by Grakliani Gora archaeological expedition ( head of expedition V. Licheli). 2. Scripts were found after 6 year regular, planned excavations of the 3rd terrace. 3. Tbilisi State University students work on Grakliani Gora, getting good practice in the field archaeology and this is part of their education process. About 15-20 students per year are included in the expedition to work on Grakliani Gora. Territory of excavations is divided in to the several sections/trenches and students are working under supervision of professional archaeologists. In one of the section/trench, where professional archaeologists worked with students, scripts were unearthed. 4. The site had been occupied between the Paleolithic and the Late Roman periods. There are 11 different period cultural layers on Grakliani Gora. 5. Last period publications about Grakliani Gora findings and scripts: 1. v. liCeli. Ggraklianis kultura, Tbilisi, 2014 2. v. liCeli, paleo-qarTuli damwerloba, saerTaSoriso qarTvelologiuri kongresi, I, masalebi, Tbilisi, 2015, gv. 80-84 3. v. liCeli, grakliani - samarxebidan damwerlobamde, VII saerTaSoriso qarTvelologiuri simpoziumis masalebi, Tbilisi, 2016, gv. 35-46 4. V. Liche;li, Paleo-Georgian script of 7th c BC, 2016, Academia. Edu 5. V.Licheli, Intellectual Innovations in Georgia (11th – 9th c. BC). PRELIMINARY PUBLICATION OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. CONTACT ZONES OF EUROPE from the 3rd mill. BC to the 1st mill. AD International Scientific Conference Humboldt Colleague, 2017, p. 83-88. 6. V. Licheli. Urban Development in Central Transcaucasia in Anatolian Context: New Data - Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia. Brill, Netherlands. Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 135-156(22) (2011) Vakhtang Licheli, Prof. of Tbilisi State University, Head of Grakliani Archaeological expedition vakhlich@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.52.182.242 (talk) 12:30, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

1. Grakliani Gora archaeological site was discovered by Grakliani Gora archaeological expedition ( head of expedition V. Licheli). 2. Scripts were found after 6 year regular, planned excavations of the 3rd terrace. 3. Tbilisi State University students work on Grakliani Gora, getting good practice in the field archaeology and this is part of their education process. About 15-20 students per year are included in the expedition to work on Grakliani Gora. Territory of excavations is divided in to the several sections/trenches and students are working under supervision of professional archaeologists. In one of the section/trench, where professional archaeologists worked with students, scripts were unearthed. 4. The site had been occupied between the Paleolithic and the Late Roman periods. There are 11 different period cultural layers on Grakliani Gora. 5. Last period publications about Grakliani Gora findings and scripts: 1. v. liCeli. Ggraklianis kultura, Tbilisi, 2014 2. v. liCeli, paleo-qarTuli damwerloba, saerTaSoriso qarTvelologiuri kongresi, I, masalebi, Tbilisi, 2015, gv. 80-84 3. v. liCeli, grakliani - samarxebidan damwerlobamde, VII saerTaSoriso qarTvelologiuri simpoziumis masalebi, Tbilisi, 2016, gv. 35-46 4. V. Liche;li, Paleo-Georgian script of 7th c BC, 2016, Academia. Edu 5. V.Licheli, Intellectual Innovations in Georgia (11th – 9th c. BC). PRELIMINARY PUBLICATION OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. CONTACT ZONES OF EUROPE from the 3rd mill. BC to the 1st mill. AD International Scientific Conference Humboldt Colleague, 2017, p. 83-88. 6. V. Licheli. Urban Development in Central Transcaucasia in Anatolian Context: New Data - Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia. Brill, Netherlands. Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 135-156(22) (2011) Vakhtang Licheli, Prof. of Tbilisi State University, Head of Grakliani Archaeological expedition vakhlich@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.52.182.242 (talk) 12:33, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On the origins of the Georgian alphabet[edit]

<<In comparison, the earliest Armenian and Georgian scripts date from the fifth century AD, just after the respective cultures converted to Christianity.>> This is actually a challenged theory. The scholar Ramaz Pataridze argues, in his book on asumtavruli, that the Georgian script traces back at least to 5th BC, and was a pagan alphabet first. The origins of the Armenian alphabet are much clearer: the Monk Mesrop Mashtots took his inspiration from Asomtavruli to invent the Armenian alphabet.