THE ARCHITECTURE OF UPHLISTSKHE, GEORGIA ( 1.824 kb.pdf file); by Kakha Khimshiashvili Published in - Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, vol. 43, 1999, pp. 77-100 The essay gives an outline of architecture of Uphlistsikhe, rock-hewn town in the Central part of Georgia, from the Hellenistic until the late Medieval period.

Ö×ËÉÓÝÉáÉÓ ÆÏÂÉÄÒÈÉ ØÅÀÁÖËÉ ÊÏÌÐËÄØÓÉÓ ×ÖÍØÝÉÉÓÀÈÅÉÓ ( 181 kb. pdf file ) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ ÂÀÌÏØÅÄÚÍÄÁÖËÉÀ: "Analecta Iberica". ÉÓÔÏÒÉÉÓ, ÒÄËÉÂÉÉÓÀ ÃÀ ÊÖËÔÖÒÉÓ ÓÀÊÉÈáÄÁÉ, Ô. 1: ÀÙÌÏÓÀÅËÄÈ ÃÀ ÓÀÌáÒÄÈ ÄÅÒÏÐÉÓ ÊËÃÉÓ ÞÄÂËÄÁÉ, ÈÁ., 2001, ÂÅ. 24-27 Function of Some Uphlistsikhe Cave Complexes ( 208 kb. pdf file )   by Kakha Khimshiashvili   Published in - Analecta Iberica: History, Religion and Culture, Vol. 1, Rock-Cut Monuments of East and South Europe. Tbilisi, 2001, pages 24-27 (English version); The article analyses some of Uphlistsikhe (another spelling Uplistsikhe) cave complexes and suggests that they might be identified as temples. However, this opinion is still only a hypothesis that needs further research and investigation.

ÔÀÞÒÄÁÉ ÃÀ ÓÀÓÀáËÄÄÁÉ ÀÍÔÉÊÖÒ ÓÀØÀÒÈÅÄËÏÛÉ: ÉÃÄÍÔÉ×ÉÊÀÝÉÉÓ ÓÉÒÈÖËÄÍÉ ÀáËÏÀÙÌÏÓÀÅËÄÈÉÓ ÀÒØÄÏËÏÂÉÉÓ ÊÏÍÔÄØÓÔÛÉ (117 kb. pdf file) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ ÂÀÌÏØÅÄÚÍÄÁÖËÉÀ: ØÀÒÈÖËÉ áÄËÏÅÍÄÁÉÓ ÍÀÒÊÅÄÅÄÁÉ, ÈÁ. 2001, ÂÅ. 22-24 Temples and Palaces in the Ancient Georgia: Interpretation Difficulties in the Context of the Near Eastern Archaeology ( 12 kb. pdf file ) by Kakha Khimshiashvili Published in – Studies on Georgian Art, 2001, Tbilisi (English). The essay presents an overview of architectural monuments of Georgia of the Hellenistic and Roman period and shows that even in many cases archaeologists excavated the monuments providing convincing dates, unfortunately problems remain with interpretation of sites.

ÀáËÏÀÙÌÏÓÀÅËÄÈÉÓÀ ÃÀ ÓÀØÀÒÈÅÄËÏÓ ÀÍÔÉÊÖÒÉ áÀÍÉÓ áÖÒÏÈÌÏÞÙÅÒÄÁÀ: ÉÍÔÄÒÐÒÄÔÀÝÉÉÓ ÓÉÒÈÖËÄÍÉ (42 kb. pdf file) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ ÂÀÌÏØÅÄÚÍÄÁÖËÉÀ: ÊÀÅÊÀÓÉÉÓ ÌÀÝÍÄ (ÓÐÄÝÉÀËÖÒÉ ÂÀÌÏÛÅÄÁÀ), 2002, ÂÅ. 31-37 Ancient Architecture of the Near East and Georgia: Interpretation Difficulties by Kakha Khimshiashvili Published in – Caucasian Messenger (Special Issue), Tbilisi, 2002, pages 31-37 (in Georgian with English and Russian resumes). The essay provides a short overview of architectural monuments of the ancient Near East and Georgia and shows that in both cases whole range of problems exist, what are related to interpretation of them. As a conclusion it is argued that state of knowledge and understanding of the ancient Georgian architecture is in the same frame as a knowledge and understanding of the history of architecture of the Ancient Near East.

ÒÀÌÃÄÍÉÌÄ ÌÏÓÀÆÒÄÁÀ ÀÍÔÉÊÖÒÉ Ö×ËÉÓÝÉáÉÓ ÓÀÔÀÞÒÏ (ÒÄËÉÂÉÖÒ) ØÀËÀØÀà ÌÉÜÍÄÅÓÀÈÀÍ ÃÀÊÀÅÛÉÒÄÁÉÈ (24 kb. pdf file) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ ÂÀÌÏØÅÄÚÍÄÁÖËÉÀ: ÞÅÄËÉ ØÀÒÈÖËÉ áÖÒÏÈÌÏÞÙÅÒÄÁÉÓ ÞÄÂËÈÀ ÀÍÀËÉÆÉÓ ÃÀ ÃÀÝÅÉÓ ÓÀÊÉÈáÄÁÉ, ÈÁÉËÉÓÉÓ ÓÀáÄËÌßÉ×Ï ÓÀÌáÀÔÅÒÏ ÀÊÀÃÄÌÉÉÓ ÓÀÌÄÝÍÉÄÒÏ ÛÒÏÌÄÁÉÓ ÊÒÄÁÖËÉ, ÈÁÉËÉÓÉ, 1988, ÂÅ. 58-69; Some Thoughts about the Character of Ancient Uplistsikhe by Kakha Khimshiashvili Published in-Dzeglata Datsvisa da Analizis Sakitkhebi (Questions of Preservation and Analysing of Monuments). Tbilisi, 1988, (in Georgian); In this article on the basis of analysis of architecture of Uphlistsikhe an attempt was made to prove the theory that Uphlistsikhe in antiquity was the religious centre of the country, as Delphi in Greece or Persepolis in Persia.

ÒÏÌÀÖËÉ áÀÍÉÓ ÓÀØÀÒÈÅÄËÏÓÀ ÃÀ ÜÒÃÉËÏÌÄÓÏÐÏÔÀÌÉÖÒ ØÀËÀØÄÁÓ ÛÏÒÉÓ ÌÓÂÀÅÓÄÁÉÓ ÛÄÓÀáÄÁ (8 kb. pdf file) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ ÂÀÌÏØÅÄÚÍÄÁÖËÉÀ: ØÀËÀØÄÁÉ ÃÀ ÓÀØÀËÀØÏ ÝáÏÅÒÄÁÀ ÞÅÄË ÓÀØÀÒÈÅÄËÏÛÉ, II, ÓÀÌÄÝÍÉÄÒÏ ÊÏÍ×ÄÒÄÍÝÉÉÓ ÌÏáÓÄÍÄÁÀÈÀ ÌÏÊËÄ ÛÉÍÀÀÒÓÄÁÉ, ÈÁÉËÉÓÉ-ÁÀÈÖÌÉ, 2000, ÂÅ. 35-/ Resemblance of Georgian and Northern Mesopotamian Cities in the Roman Period   by Kakha Khimshiashvili   Published in – Cities and City Life in the Ancient Georgia, Proceedings of Scientific Conference, Vol. II, Tbilisi, Batumi, 2000, pages 35-36 (in Georgian) The essay analyses Uplistsikhe, the ancient rock-hewn city in Georgia and Hatra, a city in the northern Mesopotamia in the Parthian period. A number of features of those cities seem rather close and this may not be just coincidence.

IMPACT OF THE ACHAEMENIAN ARCHITECTURE ON IBERIAN KINGDOM: FOURTH -FIRST CENTURIES BC ( 558 kb. pdf file) By Kakha Khimshiashvili and Eliso Akhvlediani The First International Conference on the Ancient Cultural Relations Between Iran and Western Asia, Tehran, IRAN, 16-18 August, 2003. (in press). The essay shows that impact of the Achaemenian architecture in Georgia existed well beyond after the fall of the Achaemenid Empire. This influence still can be traced in the monuments built in the third-first centuries BC in Georgia.

ÓÀØÀÒÈÅÄËÏÓ áÖÒÏÈÌÏÞÙÅÒÄÁÀ ÀÍÔÉÊÖÒ ÐÄÒÉÏÃÀÌÃÄ. ÌÏÊËÄ ÌÉÌÏáÉËÅÀ (34 kb. pdf file) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ Short Overview of Georgian Pre-Antique Architecture -  (in Georgian) by Kakha Khimshiashvili The essay presents a review of the Georgian Architecture from the ancient times until the seventh-sixth centuries BC.

ÀÒÌÀÆÉÓáÄÅÉÓ ÀÍÔÉÊÖÒÉ áÀÍÉÓ ÍÀÂÄÁÏÁÀÍÉ (103 kb. pdf file) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ ÂÀÌÏØÅÄÚÍÄÁÖËÉÀ: ËÉÔÄÒÀÔÖÒÀ ÃÀ áÄËÏÅÍÄÁÀ, # 1-2, 1992, ÂÅ. 101-109 Ancient Buildings in Armaziskhevi by Kakha Khimshiashvili Published in - Literatura da Khelovneba (Literature and Art) N1-2, 1992, (in Georgian); In this article is revised the interpretation of the remains of structures which were discovered in the late forties of this century. It is proposed a hypothesis that here we have remains of so called Four Iwan type palace with the Roman type bath incorporated in the palace, which is unique case in this type of Oriental palaces.

ÉÁÄÒÉÉÓ ÓÀÔÀÞÒÏ ÀÒØÉÔÄØÔÖÒÉÓ ÛÄÓÀáÄÁ  (594 kb. pdf file) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ ÂÀÌÏØÅÄÚÍÄÁÖËÉÀ: ÀÒØÉÔÄØÔÖÒÖËÉ ÌÄÌÊÅÉÃÒÄÏÁÀ, ÈÁÉËÉÓÉ, 2001, ÂÅ. 1-39; On the Temple Architecture of Iberian Kingdom by Kakha Khimshiashvili Published in – Architectural Heritage, vol. 1, Tbilisi, 2001, pages 1-40 (in Georgian); The article gives an overview and analyses of the temple architecture of Georgia in the Hellenistic and Roman period. It tries to classify temple architecture of the period

ÓÀÓÀÍÖÒÉ ÓÀÓÀáËÉÓ ×ÀÓÀÃÉÓ ÂÀÌÏÓÀáÖËÄÁÀ (272 kb. pdf file) ÊÀáÀ áÉÌÛÉÀÛÅÉËÉ ÂÀÌÏØÅÄÚÍÄÁÖËÉÀ: ÀÒØÉÔÄØÔÖÒÖËÉ ÌÄÌÊÅÉÃÒÄÏÁÀ, ÈÁÉËÉÓÉ, 2001, ÂÅ. 41-46; Image of the Sassanian Period Palace Published in – Architectural Heritage, vol. 1, Tbilisi, 2001, pages 41-48, (in Georgian) The article suggests that an image engraved on a seashell, which was found in of graves in Mtskhta represents a palace of Sassanian period

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