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How a 700-Page Handbook Exposes the Real-Time Erasure of History in the Caucasus
Caucasian Albania: An International Handbook
This video dives into the explosive findings of the 700-page academic handbook *Caucasian Albania: An International Handbook*, edited by Jost Gippert and Jasmine Dum-Tragut. It reveals how modern geopolitical conflicts, especially after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, are using ancient history as a weapon. Discover how medieval Armenian churches are being reclassified, inscriptions chiseled away, and a ghost nation—Caucasian Albania—is being revived to redraw borders. We explore the science of multispectral imaging that resurrected a lost language from parchment, the tragic story of the Udi people, and the chilling reality that history is being physically formatted in real time. This isn't just about the past; it's a warning about how fragile our collective memory is today.
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