A Bronze Age settlement has been found in Gum-Bashi in
Karachaevo-Cherkessia. Archeologists are still at the early stage of
excavation, but the settlement is presumed to date back to the 17 or 18th
centuries BC.
The archaeological site was spotted by space satellite; it was located
because of a massive structure built in the mountains. The upper part
of the wood has rotted but the foundations remained.
Anatoly Kontorovich, Associate Professor of Archaeology at Moscow State
University said that this is a big historical discovery. He noted that
it is actually a new layer of archaeological sites not investigated
before, because it is located very high in the mountains.
Archeologists promise to give more information when they complete their work.
