Mystery of Khomli Mountain in Georgia's Lechkhumi

The Khomli Mountain is located In West Georgia, near Kutaisi City. The ancient cronicler (name unknown) famous historicist’s scholars Vakhushti Batonishvili (Prince Bagrationi) and Ivane Javakhishvili provides interesting information on the Khomli Mountain:

“To the west of the river Rioni, at the foot of a mountain, there is the Khomli cliff, which is really lofty, and it owns its name to its height almost reaching to the Khomli star.


There is a cave in that cliff, impassable to the foes, and the treasures of the kings are kept in that cave.” “So, the two kings divided the whole land in two parts including the major towns: one took for himself Kutaisi and the other – Tbilisi. They also divided in two but a lesser part of the whole treasure kept in the cave. The larger part of the treasure was left lying in the cave. The famous chain and the unmatched precious jewels, namely the big pearl, fell to the share of King David, the son of Queen Rusudan.” The first expedition aiming at discovering the treasure was organized in 1943. The expedition group consisted of 11 members; 4 of the members were Russians . In expedition has participated famous Georgian alpinist Aliosha Japaridze. The group spent several weeks in one of the caves. The expedition was secret and the results are unknown.




The Khomli Mountain is built of limestone of the Uric Age and is a complete Karst massif. It is distinguished for its abundance of clefts and caves.

2. In one sepulcher we even found VII century B.C. antique items identical to the notorious “Gebi” materials. Presently, the area is used for agricultural purposes actually destroying the monument. When they are working the soil, the local farmers often find both ceramics and bronze items.

The nature of the Khomli Mountain as unique as it is and its specific texture determines the biological diversity of that area. Zoological and biological researches of the caves were never done:

• Mountain is covered by 250 million years ago fossilized (petrified) Sea Animals
• We had also discovered Even Uric footprints of a small dinosaur (approx. 75 million years B.C.) Can be witnessed there

Khomli Place of Antiqua Mythology
• From ancient historical sources Khomli Mountain is Mention as a place that under order of The Zeus (Jupiter) was arrested Prometheus and circuit on the rock, and then was escaped by Heracles (Hercules)

• In the 50’s of the XIX century Italian traveller and discoverer Daniela Pizzagalli visited the Khomli Mountain as a place mentioned in the Greek antique sources to search the places to where the Argonauts probably travelled and the cliff where Prometheus was chained. Afterwards she wrote in her memories “Il viaggio del destino”. She was surprised as the local inhabitants had known the legend and they were glad to have hunted down a hawk according to the legend nipping off Prometheus’ liver over and over again.

• Even the famous French fiction-writer Jules Verne describes the Khomli mountain in his adventure story “The Unbending Keraban”

Antic Mythology and the Khomli Mount

The above-given sources confirm that the Khomli Mountain has been the object of interest since the oldest times. It is mentioned in the stories of the Argonauts, Hercules and Prometheus.

The arguments and the facts provided above enable us to presume that if we undertake a large and detailed expedition, the result will be sensational. It will greatly contribute not only to the study of the Georgian and world civilizations but also to the study of the processes that formed and developed our planet.

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