MTSKHET
, a decayed See also:town of See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, in the See also:government of See also:Tiflis, 13 M. by See also:rail N.N.W. of the See also:city of Tiflis, at the confluence of the Aragva with the Kura, at an See also:altitude of 1515 ft
.
Pop
.
(1897), 1221
.
One of the See also:oldest places in See also:Georgia, it was the See also:capital of that See also:country until supplanted by Tiflis in the last See also:year of the 5th See also:century A.D
.
The most See also:ancient seat of the Georgian See also:kings was the See also:castle of Arma-tsikhe, Armasis, or Harmozica, crowning a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill opposite to Mtskhet
.
The most memorable relic of the latter is the See also:cathedral, said to have been originally founded in the 4th century, though the existing See also:building See also:dates from the 15th century and was restored in the 18th
.
In the graveyard attached to this See also:convent See also:graves have been opened which yielded See also:objects of the See also:Iron and See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone ages, and others of the era of the See also:Roman See also:emperor See also:Augustus
.
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