Grakliani Hill

[4] In 2015, a supposed script was discovered on the altar of a fertility goddess's temple, predating those previously known in the area by at least a thousand years.

[1] The excavation of layers yielded artifacts including children's toys,[8] weapons, icons, and pharmacological devices.

[1] Within the first two months of digging, archaeologists had excavated over 35,000 pieces from hundreds of graves and ruins of settlements that date back to the eighth century BCE.

A previously unknown script was discovered just below a temple's collapsed altar to a fertility goddess from the seventh century BCE.

[8] In comparison, the earliest Armenian and Georgian scripts date from the fifth century AD, just after the respective cultures converted to Christianity.