Archaeology of the Caucasus
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, with a focus on the Khojaly–Gedebey culture.
Poet · Writer · Translator · Educator · Prehistorian
Twenty books, three hundred publications and five languages — a life spent bridging literature and the deep past of the Southern Caucasus.
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Nurida Ateshi is a poet, writer, translator, educator and prehistorian. Proficient in seven languages and holding six academic diplomas, she has authored twenty books and more than three hundred scholarly and cultural articles across six countries.
As a scholar she specialises in the archaeology and history of the Southern Caucasus — the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age and the Khojaly–Gedebey culture. Since 2015 she has been an Associate Professor at Khazar University in Baku, with field and archival research spanning Europe and the Caucasus.
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Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, with a focus on the Khojaly–Gedebey culture.
Twenty published books of poetry and prose in five languages.
Pioneering research on the armed women of Caucasian antiquity.
State-certified interpreter for German, Azerbaijani and Russian.
Caucasian heritage held in the museums of Berlin, Vienna, Moscow and beyond.
Associate Professor at Khazar University, supervising research and field studies.
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