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1. | Read and find True/ False sentences. Then make a presentation about Gobustan/Azykh Cave.

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 12,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements and burials, all reflecting an intensive use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age, from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. The site, which covers an area of 537 ha, is a part of the larger protected Gobustan Reservation and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.

Azykh Cave - is located in the south-eastern slopes of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south-west of Azerbaijan on the left bank of the Guruchay River. The cave is in the territory of Khojavand region and, unfortunately, this territory has been under Armenian occupation since 1993 and there is no information about the condition of the cave after occupation. The cave covers 800 square kilometres of area. There are 8 corridors, which stretch to the length of 600 meters.

1. Gobustan Rock Art cultural Landscape rises out of the semidesert of central Azerbaijan.
2. The site covers an area of 5,370 ha.
3. There are about 60 rock engravings in Gobustan.
4. Rock engravings bear testimony to 4,000 years of rock art.
5. The inhabitants used the area during the wet period.
6. The Azykh cave has been under Armenian occupation since 1995.
7. Wet period followed the last Ice Age.