Archaeologists: possible burial place of Georgian Queen Tamara found in Ingush Mountains

As reported by Umalat Gadiev, Deputy Director of the E. I. Krupnov Republic's Archaeological Centre, a cave was discovered in the Djeirakh District of Ingushetia, which may be the burial vault of the Georgian Queen Tamara, who lived in the 12th century.

"Specialists supposedly date the found cave to the 5th-8th centuries," said Gagiev.

The archaeologist has explained that the discovery in the Djeirakh District of Ingushetia of the supposed burial place of the Georgian Queen remains just a hypothesis. However, even if it is not confirmed, archaeologists can find valuables artefacts of the epoch there – in particular, the treasures of Magas, the capital city of the ancient state of Alania that existed before 1238-1239 in Northern Caucasus.

A possible burial place of the Georgian Queen was discovered during the works in the Asin Gorge by a road-building crew engaged in constructing the road to the venue of the international tournament "Battle in the Mounts".

The place of the supposed tomb of Queen Tamara was visited by the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov. He ordered to explore the cave and, to avoid the inflow of "black diggers", take the cave under guard.