Chronicle of Georgia: Figure with a Tablet and Columns

Figure with a Tablet and Columns. Medieval Georgian scholars translated philosophy and theology from Greek, building a written culture that the Chronicle celebrates in stone. A relief of books, scrolls and the people who wrote them, seen up close on a pillar. Few nations can open their chronicle as early: at Dmanisi in southern Georgia, archaeologists found human remains about 1.8 million years old — the oldest known outside Africa.