Ateshgah of Baku: The Zoroastrian Fire Temple – Azerbaijan
Driving through the Romanov Oil Fields to reach the Zoroastrian Fire worshipping temple and Yanar Dagh, where natural gas makes the ground appear to burn
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Thor Heyerdahl and the Search for Odin – Gobustan, Azerbaijan
The Norwegian scholar and explorer was always a bit of a travel hero of mine, so I was surprised to find that he was a regular visitor to Azerbaijan, and Gobustan in particular.
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Mud volcanoes – Gobustan, Azerbaijan
A fun couple of days. The first day we visited a Zoroastrian fire temple, where worshippers would travel from all over Central Asia to see the rocks that burnt all day and night. This occurred as the natural gas escaping from the vast underground reserves caught fire and burnt uninterrupted. It seems the vast reserves have finally run out as…
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