N estled in the rugged terrain of the Caucasus Mountains, a colossal prehistoric fortress has emerged as one of the most enigmatic archaeological discoveriesof recent years. Known as Dmanisis Gora ...

The Greater Caucasus mountain range stretches between the Black and Caspian Seas across parts of Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. These formidable peaks are the result of the subduction of the ...

A new drone survey has revealed that a 3000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains is almost “40 times larger” than previously thought, reshaping our understanding of Bronze Age ...

A new study reveals fresh clues about Indo-European language origins, tracing an ancestral group's key role in their spread.

For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo–European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...

A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the ...

In impoverished mountain villages ... Barsegian also points to the harsh climate of the Caucasus as a factor in the grit of fighters from the region, as well as widespread economic hardship.