Qobustan

Qobustan is a country of rocky hills rising above the semi-desert near the western Caspian shore. Its boulders bear thousands of engravings made over many ages, depicting people, animals, hunting and other scenes of life. Caves, settlements and burials show that people used this landscape from prehistory into the Middle Ages. A Latin inscription on a rock at the foot of Boyukdash records the presence of a Roman soldier in the first century, adding another layer to the marks left on these stones.