A group of Georgian and Polish archaeologists during excavations in the Beshtasheni region in southeastern Georgia discovered 16 burials of the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. Most of the graves were covered on top with boulders or mounds of stones and soil.
The most interesting for specialists was the double burial, in which a man and a young woman were buried. Their bodies were stripped of their heads. The researchers found two bronze arrowheads in the skeleton. One was stuck in the woman's leg. The second was in the ribs next to the heart. Obviously, the arrows were the cause of the woman's death. The woman was 17-25 years old, the man 19-25 years old. Next to their skeletons were a bronze ax, a bronze long plate with geometric shapes, and ceramic vessels. Both bodies lay on their right side in an embryo position.
Another interesting burial is a female burial, in which the head of a woman aged 17-25 was laid on a plate surrounded by beads, small vessels and poorly preserved metal objects.
The attention of specialists was also attracted by another burial with the remains of a man. He was also buried in the fetal position. In the grave, archaeologists found an almost half-meter long ax decorated with images of deer and horses, bronze and iron arrowheads, horn and bones of animals, including a pig.
