Gold mine of Sakdrisi 3D model by Deutsches Bergbau
Gold mine of Sakdrisi, Georgia. The gold mine of Sakdrisi, located about 50 km southwest of Tbilisi, dates to the Bronze Age Kura-Araxes period, dating back to about 5000 years BP. This means Sakdrisi is the oldest known gold mine in the world. Here, with funding from the Volkswagen Foundation and the DFG, we carried out large-scale investigations from 2004 onward.We also conducted extensive