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By Amina Nazzarli

The National History Museum of Azerbaijan continues to enrich the list of its expositions with archaeological findings.

The Museum acquired several antique bracelets, dating back to the 3rd-2nd centuries B.C., found in Nargizava necropolis of the Shirvan region.

Director of the Museum’s Archaeology Fund Nasir Guluzade said these jewelries are made of bronze. “The ending of one of these bracelets reminds a dragon or predator head,” he told local media.

These antique female bijou, found during the archeological excavations in Nargizava, are rare examples of metalwork reflecting Azerbaijan's ancient history and material culture.

The Nargizava monument, covering an area of more than 10 hectares was first registered in 1997 by Prof. Vali Aliyev and PhD H.S. Fariz Khalilly. The large-scale archaeological excavations in the monument area began only in 2009.

Nargizava is abundant with material-cultural artifacts of great scientific and historical significance. Nargizava is valuable source for researching the material culture of antiquity of Shirvan area, especially in Caucasian Albania.

Part of these material-cultural artifacts, discovered in various years in Nargizava necropolis, was submitted to the Archaeology Fund of the Museum.

The Azerbaijan National Museum of History is one of the architectural pearls of the country, dating back to the 19 century. The largest museum in the country, was originally the private residence of Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, who was the famous national oil baron remembered for his generous philanthropy.

Over 300,000 items are assembled in 10 collections in the museum, including a valuable library consisting mainly of unique books. The collections allow visitors and researchers to investigate the history of the country and the daily life and culture of the nation from ancient times to the present.

In recent years the Museum were restored, which enabled to return many invaluable art samples, lost abroad, back to the country. A total of 4,000 new exhibits were purchased and 1,200 exhibits gained a second life after restoration.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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