Garachug Necropolis I Garachug Necropolis I - the archaeological monument of the
Bronze Age, 3 km in the east from the city of
Nakhchivan, near the Garachug village. It was discovered by chance in 1985. The area of the necropolis was stuck in the middle of the water in the island form when happened the flood in the
Araz River, a part of the graves located on the sandy hill were washed out and destroyed. From Necropolis were found the samples of the painted pottery (mainly bowls, pots etc.), bowl-type ceramic containers made of pink colored clay, the pink colored of vase-type containers made from the hewed tuff stone. The findings were being typical for the middle
Bronze Age, is assumed that it belongs to the 2100–1900 years of BC.
Garachug Necropolis II Garachug Necropolis II - the archaeological monument of the
Middle Ages, 3 km in the east from the city of
Nakhchivan, near the Garachug village. It flooded and destroyed during the construction of the
Araz Water Reservoir. According to information, there were the grave monuments consisting from the tomb-type and stones in form of ram in the necropolis. The headstones of these monuments were made mostly from flat stone slabs; the top side of some of them were completed in the form of crown. There is an inscription in
Arabic on a few of them. All of the dead were buried of the
Muslim tradition in the necropolis. It is supposed that the monument belongs to the 12th–19th centuries. == References ==