Gobustan

Today I got a tour guide and a car and went to Gobustan, about 70km South of Baku. The attraction here are the thousands of year old cave etching, made with rock into the soft limestone, and later with metal tools. The tour guide was exceptional in his description of the drawings. Here are some of the more striking ones.

A dancing petroglyph. The ritual is still practiced today.


Various animals including fish are depicted and there are literally thousands of the etchings. The glyphs also show domestication of animals and men on horseback. The women have exaggerated features of large breasts and hips with tiny heads. The men are depicted with strong legs, loin clothes, and genitals.


The ritual is that a couple getting married will run through this three times for good luck. The tour guide said that people still come up here today.