In classical antiquity and Greco-Roman geography, Colchis (/ ˈ k ɒ l k ɪ s /; [16] Ancient Greek: Κολχίς) was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi (Georgian: ეგრისი) located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia.

Colchis, ancient region at the eastern end of the Black Sea south of the Caucasus, in the western part of modern Georgia. It consisted of the valley of the Phasis (modern Rioni) River. In Greek mythology, Colchis was the home of Medea and the destination of the Argonauts, a land of fabulous wealth and the domain of sorcery. Historically ...

Apr 23, 2017 · Colchis is located on the eastern shore of the Black Sea in what today makes up the western half of the country Georgia. People from this kingdom were known as Colchians. Much of the kingdom was built along the banks of the Phasis River (today the Rioni River).

Colchis was a region in the Southern Caucasus that appeared in the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece, in Greek mythology. It was on the area where modern-day Georgia is now located.

Feb 22, 2018 · Colchis (western Georgia) and Kartli/ Iberia (eastern and southern Georgia) were important regions in the Caucasus area of Eurasia from the Bronze Age of the 15th century BCE. Prospering through agriculture and trade, the region attracted Greek and then Roman colonists. The success of several cities is indicated by the minting of their own coinage.

Colchis, Kolkha, Qulḫa, or Kilkhi, which existed from the c. 13th to the 1st centuries BC, is regarded as an early ethnically Georgian polity; the name of the Colchians was used as the collective term for early Kartvelian tribes which populated the eastern coast of the Black Sea in Greco-Roman ethnography.

Feb 27, 2023 · Colchis was a kingdom in the southern Caucasus, spanning the fertile eastern coast of the Black Sea. In Greek myth, Colchis was ruled from the regional capital of Aea by Aeetes, a ruthless king from whom Jason and the Argonauts stole the Golden Fleece.

Colchis, with its rich history, mythology, and cultural interactions, stands out as a significant and fascinating region in the ancient world. Its legacy continues to be explored through ongoing archaeological research and the enduring stories of Greek mythology.

Colchian culture (Georgian: კოლხური კულტურა; 2700 BCE to 700 BCE) [1] is Neolithic, early Bronze Age and Iron Age culture of the western Caucasus, mostly in western Georgia. Colchian culture was divided into two periods: Proto-Colchian …

The Covenant of Colchis, usually simply called the Covenant, was the theocratic state religion whose priests ruled the Feudal World of Colchis, the destroyed homeworld of Primarch Lorgar Aurelian and his Word Bearers Legion.The Covenant originally worshipped a variant of the Ruinous Powers of Chaos as part of a religion remembered as the "Old Faith", but after Lorgar's coming to Colchis and ...