Queen Tamar Archive

Uplistsikhe Devastated By Genghis-Khan Hordes But Once City-Fortress Of Queen Tamar

AncientPages.com | April 12, 2021

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Uplistsikhe (today in ruins) is a cave-town fortress, one of the oldest religious, political and cultural centers of present-day Georgia located at the crossroads

Spectacular Vardzia Cave Monastery – Huge Underground Complex Founded By The ‘Mountain Queen’ Tamar

AncientPages.com | December 28, 2015

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The only way to get to this spectacular and huge underground city was via well-hidden tunnels which started at the nearby Mtkvari river.