Georgian Culture Minister Tea Tsulukiani is holding meetings in Jordan together with the Ambassador of Georgia to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Archil Dzuliashvili, and Deputy Culture Minister, Director of the Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation, Nikoloz Aznaurashvili. The delegation visited the Georgian desert monastery of Shihan in southern Jordan, near Al-Karak.
According to the ministry, the Georgian monastery in Shihan was established in the 11th century by Georgian cleric Gabriel Tbileli who spent the last years of his life at this monastery. Saint Prokhore Georgian, who rebuilt the Holy Cross Georgian Monastery near Jerusalem in the late eleventh century, was buried there.
“As a result of the talks in Jordan, the parties decided that the Georgian side would recruit a team of Georgian scientists and archaeologists who would travel to Jordan for archaeological works,” the press office for the Ministry of Culture stated.
