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3,000-Year-Old Mountain “Mega Fortress” With Mysterious Function Perplexes Archaeologists

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Dmanisis Gora is one of many Bronze-Age fortresses that appeared in the South Caucasus between the second and first millennia BCE .

Archaeologists found the remains of a second set of fortification walls surrounding the inner fortress.

The outer settlement contains hardly any archaeological artifacts, suggesting that it either wasn’t inhabited by many people or was abandoned shortly after it was established.