Black Sea Culture-Crucible of the Gods, September 2002 National Geographic Magazine
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Kizilmark River Aerial. This was one of the...
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Cepne Women in Polka Dots in Marketplace.The...
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Sumela Monastery. Remnants of many cultures...
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A young girl plays in the streets in a isolated...
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Mt Kazbek.When Jason and the Argonauts took off...
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Bloody Hand Pagan. A women washes her hands in...
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Pagan festivals are held annually that have...
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Pagan Sacrifice..These brothers are sacrificing...
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Pagan festivals, held annually, have Christian...
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Russian Orthodox..Islam is the motivating force...
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Aerial of Sinop Turkey... This was the most...
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Duzcoy Wedding. Weddings occur at the peak of...
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Duzcoy Wedding. Weddings occur at the peak of...
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Worn vehicles are proof of the hard life in the...
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Coal miners in Zonguldok, Turkey, are close...
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Zurab Liplisashvili, an unemployed Mingrelian...
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Circumcision Ceremony.Turkish housewives,...
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Families gather around the table for...
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Ushguli Settlement in Upper Svaneti..Familes...
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Morning fog rises from valleys into the...
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Cows in masks signal the migration and a...
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Cepne family with Grandfather relaxing in...
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Butter churn in middle of Cepne Living...
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During annual Pagan festivals in Svaneti, Svans...
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Spending the warm months in the mountains keeps...
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These sacred Khati areas used to be surrounded...
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Islam is the motivating force behind the...
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Svan Home..The people still live in a society...
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Archaeologists unearth a Bronze Age skeleton on...
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Robert Ballard (Bob Ballard) uses ROV's to...
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Greek coins from museum in Sinop.
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Greek artifact.
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The hand-carved ribs of a Black Sea fishing...
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With no Golden Fleece on his radar, Rifat...
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After returning to the lowlands by the Black...
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TurkeyÕs Black Sea coast has the highest peaks...
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Yayla festival. Summer is when families get...
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Faces are feflected in a window on the streets...
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Butcher market in mountain area around Trabzon.
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TurkeyÕs Black Sea coast has the highest peaks...
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Families use the waste from Tea manufacturing...
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Ushguli Settlement in Upper Svaneti..Familes...
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Cepne Family..The severe geography of these...
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Bonfire in Tusheti. At the end of the festival...
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An aerial view of the ancient port of Sinop.
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Surf crashes against the fortress of Sinop's...
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TurkeyÕs Black Sea coast has the highest peaks...
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A gilded icon of the archangel Michael, painted...
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Circassian household in Yayla migration area of...
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A crowd gathers on the black sand Karakum Beach.
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Main street in Trabzon Turkey.
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A man of the sea, Kornelios Arrianos once lay...
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A fourth-century B.C. Sinop coin depicts an...
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Men lie on a marble floor in a public bath...
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Lighthouse and swimmers at the Black Sea town...
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A window frames people on the street in a...
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Coal miners in Zonguldok, Turkey. This is the...
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TurkeyÕs Black Sea coast has the highest peaks...
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Black Sea coast near the Turkey, Republic of...
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Underwater explorer Robert Ballard with...
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Ushguli Settlement in Upper Svaneti..Familes...
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An oil lamp of an African head comes from Roman...
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Circumcision Ceremony..Turkish housewives,...
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TurkeyÕs Black Sea coast has the highest peaks...
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Prostitutes in Bar. The traditional Yayla...
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Circassian dancers prepare for Yayla...
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Cepne Women...The severe geography of these...
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Animal heads pile up as every family in the...
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These "tribal worlds" in the mountainous,...
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TurkeyÕs Black Sea coast has the highest peaks...
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Pagan Sacrifice..Pagan festivals are held...
