Azikh cave

Azikh cave is a large multi-tiered cave complex in Azerbaijan, in the unrecognized Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, at an altitude of 1400 meters above sea level. The name was given to the nearby village of Azikh. Archaeologists became interested in these unique caves only in 1960, when local hunters led them to two entrances to different grottoes. It was found that these grottoes are connected by corridors of a huge area - at least 8 thousand square meters.

The cave was a unique monument of history. Archaeologists over 20 years have discovered as many as 10 cultural layers belonging to different parts of the Paleolithic. There were large parking lots of people left with traces of primitive art, bear skulls stacked in a cache - apparently as objects of worship. Also in the cave were found enclosed with stone hearths and primitive dwellings. Repeatedly finds in the Azikh cave produced a world-class furor.

After the partial restoration of the corridors, the cave found its present appearance. It consists of eight impressive grottoes with 20-meter-high domes rising upwards. Nature decorated these caves with giant stalactites-columns one and a half meters in girth.