Ministry of Science and Education Republic of Azerbaijan
Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics

Archaeological finds related to the Azykh cave have been brought to Baku


Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of ANAS, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Nadjaf Museibli announced important and state information for the Azerbaijani public.

Nadjaf Museibli said that under the leadership of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, our army liberated our lands and ancient monuments.

According to Professor Nadjaf Museibli, a few days ago, during a search of a house in the liberated village of Azykh in Khojavend region, the Azerbaijani military informed the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography that they found boxes with “Azykh” written on them and containing archeological materials. In this regard, the enterprise informed the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the leadership of ANAS.

Due to the importance of the information, Azad Zeynalov, an employee of the institute, Doctor of Philosophy in History, was sent to the region together with a representative of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the on-site inspection, it was found that these boxes contained the findings of illegal archeological excavations carried out by scientists from Armenia and other countries in the Azykh Cave, a world-famous monument and primitive human camp of the Paleolithic period during the occupation…

According to Professor Nadjaf Museibli, all these findings will be studied and analyzed at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, and the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the general public will be informed in detail.

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