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Remains of old street of Uplistsikhe with theatre in the background

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Ancient cave city in the heart of Georgia, Uplistsikhe is a surprisingly attractive place that gives the visitor an insight into how people lived in times long gone by.
He explained that millions of years ago, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea were one, and the Caucasian region emerged from below, thus creating Georgia. In the 16th century BCE, Uplistsikhe was founded, and the town was hewn out of the sandstone rocks. Walking on the site now, it takes effort to imagine that the town was actually mostly covered - the houses, temples, palaces were all dug out of the rocks. According to legend, the slaves that built the town were given an axe of gold, with an iron end. The harder they worked, carving the buildings out of the sandstone rocks, the earlier they were left with a piece of pure gold.
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