{"id":154012,"date":"2026-06-18T12:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.gch-centre.ge\/?p=154012"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:28:21","slug":"research-expedition-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.gch-centre.ge\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/research-expedition-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Expedition Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"154012\" class=\"elementor elementor-154012\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1226d1e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1226d1e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f8f08d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f8f08d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\"><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Sylfaen',serif;\">On August 14, the academic team from the Research Centre for Georgian Culture and Tourism Resources presented the reports of their 2024 research expeditions to the public at the George Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Sylfaen',serif;\">In 2024, five research expeditions were conducted in historical Javakheti (Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda municipalities). The academic team surveyed and documented more than 218 villages and deserted settlements, as well as approximately 800 cultural monuments and artifacts across these municipalities. These included churches, monasteries, fortress-towers, subterranean refuges (<i>darnebi<\/i>), caves, and individual artifacts such as stone crosses, ornamented stones, and reliefs, among others. Notably, the expedition successfully localized and identified dozens of previously undocumented deserted settlements.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Sylfaen',serif;\">For each village, deserted settlement, and cultural monument, the team compiled descriptive texts, established precise geographical coordinates, conducted structural measurements of selected monuments, and amassed an extensive photographic archive. The findings of these expeditions were compiled into a book dedicated to the 2024 research on the cultural monuments of Meskheti, which the project team presented to the public during the event.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Sylfaen',serif;\">The project is being implemented with the financial support of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia. 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