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Ruins of ancient town found in Azerbaijan

8 December 2011 11:33 (UTC+04:00)
Ruins of ancient town found in Azerbaijan

The employees of the Azerbaijani Institute of Archeology and Ethnography under the National Academy of Sciences found the walls of a medieval fortress Shatel in Goranboy, head of the Ganja archaeological expedition of the Institute, Prof. Arif Mammadov told Trend news agency on Wednesday.

He said that this fortress is a part of the medieval town of Shatel. The walls were found while laying the water pipeline. The walls were not damaged during these operations.

This story is published by AzerNEWS Weekly under a project funded by the Foundation for State Assistance to the Development of the Media under the President of the Azerbaijan Republic.

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