Levan Chilashvili () (August 17, 1930 - April 26, 2004) was a Georgian archaeologist and historian, an

academician An academician is a full member of an artistic, literary, engineering, or scientific academy. In many countries, it is an honorific title used to denote a full member of an academy that has a strong influence on national scientific life. Accor ...

of the

Georgian Academy of Sciences The Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) ( ka, საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია, tr) is the main learned society of Georgia. It was named the Georgia ...

(GAS), Meritorious Scholar of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences, and Professor. In 1954, he graduated from the Faculty of History of

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shorten ...

(TSU), where he was also a professor from 1967 until his death in 2004. In 1958, Chilashvili received his PhD in history, and in 1967, he received a degree as Doctor of Historical Sciences. In 1991, he was elected Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS). Chilashvili was also Director of the

Georgian National Museum The Georgian National Museum ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული მუზეუმი, tr) unifies several leading museums in Georgia. The museum was established within the framework of structural, institutional, and ...

of the GAS (1980–2004). In 1982, he was awarded the

Simon Janashia Simon Janashia ( ka, სიმონ ჯანაშია; July 13, 1900 – November 5, 1947) was a Georgia (country), Georgian historian and public figure. He was a professor of history and one of the founding members of the Georgian Academy of ...

Prize of the GAS. Levan Chilashvili's main fields of scientific inquiry was archaeology and the history of ancient Georgia. From 1995 to 2003, Chilashvili's archaeological expedition in

Nekresi Nekresi ( ka, ნეკრესი) is a historic and archaeological site in eastern Georgia (country), Georgian region of Kakheti, between the town of Qvareli and the village of Shilda, at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains. It is h ...

(the

Kakheti Kakheti (; ) is a region of Georgia. Telavi is its administrative center. The region comprises eight administrative districts: Telavi, Gurjaani, Qvareli, Sagarejo, Dedoplistsqaro, Signagi, Lagodekhi and Akhmeta. Kakhetians speak the ...

region of Eastern Georgia) discovered early Georgian inscriptions which he controversially dated from the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD.Stephen H. Rapp. ''Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalium''. Peeters Publishers, 2003. Page 19 footnote 43: "The date of the supposed grave marker is hopelessly circumstantial ... I cannot support Chilashvili's dubious hypothesis".

Some of main scientific works of Levan Chilashvili

* "Town of Rustavi" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1957 (in Georgian) * "Ancient town Urbnisi" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1964 (in Georgian) * "Towns of Kakheti" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1980 (in Georgian) * "Areshi" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1991 (in Georgian) * "The Pre-Christian Georgian inscription from Nekresi".- E. Khintibidze (Ed.) "Kartvelology", No 7, Tbilisi, 2000

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chilashvili, Levan 1930 births 2004 deaths Archaeologists from Tbilisi Soviet archaeologists 20th-century historians from Georgia (country) Soviet historians 20th-century scientists from Georgia (country) Academic staff of Tbilisi State University Members of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences

See also

Some of main scientific works of Levan Chilashvili

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