Mingrelians - Megrelians - Colchians - Kolkhians - მეგრელები - კოლხები

▶ “The Colchian mysteries brought to Europe the phenomenon of body, soul, mind ... The so-called Caucasian race is a real cultural race committed to using rational logical thinking and creating working tools for cultivating nature.“ Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). “Rassenlehre“. ▶ “The practice of inventing cartographic art - the glory does not belong entirely to the Greeks of Asia Minor. “It was used much earlier among the traveling merchants of Colchis.“ Carl Ritter 1779–1859. German geographer. One of the founders of modern geography. «Die Erdkunde im Verh?ltniss zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen oder allgemeine vergleichende Geographie» ▶ “In no other place in the world is there such a fitting inspiration and disposition of the soul to prayer and worship and doctrine of the divine, as in this evergreen and magic wild place of Mount Mela in Colchis“. Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (10 December 1790 – 26 April 1861) was a German Tyrolean traveler, journalist, politician and historian. He was talking about the Khvamli mountain near Kutaisi, where Prometheus was chained. ▶ “The Etruscans, like the Pelasgians, migrated from Colchis, and Colchis gave rise to the Mediterranean culture, its physical and social type, its artistic taste.“ Edmond Demolins (1852–1907) - Great French pedagogue. ▶ “The culture of the Egyptians was undoubtedly greatly influenced by the culture of the Colchians and Phoenicians. They have copied farming and medical art from Colchis. The Egyptians adopted deities from the Colchians and Phoenicians, and later from the Hellenes. The ancient Egyptian deities are almost entirely of Colchian origin.“ Kurt Polykarp Joachim Sprengel (history of medicine, Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde) ▶ “Pelasgian - Iberian Language“ - Dr. Herbert Zebisch first stated that the Cretan civilization from which Europe (its distinctive culture and statehood) originated - it was a proto-Georgian, Colchian civilization - and wrote a book under that name. “Iberian - Language of the Gods“ - Dr. Herbert Zebisch first stated that the Cretan civilization from which Europe (its distinctive culture and statehood) originated - it was a proto-Georgian, Colchian civilization - and wrote a book under that name. ▶ Alfredo Trombetti (Trombetti 1922, I, 104; Dirr 1928, 26-27) writes: “ We must agree with H. Schuchardt, that the peoples, that now are gathered in the Caucasus, had previously been scattered over a much wider area. Recent studies seem to agree that. The following languages ​​are more or less related to the former Caucasian language group: Chaldian, Hurrian, Elamite, Hattian, Etruscan, Cretan, Iberian (in Spain) and Basque.“ ▶ “We can clearly say, that Kassite, the language of the Kassites, is another ancient language of the Kartvelian language family. Its dynasty ruled Babylon from the middle of the 17th century BC to the middle of the 12th century BC. The country was ruled by the Colchians and was ruled in the Colchian language.“ Yuri Mosenkis (Юрий Мосенкис). Russian scientist, Doctor of Science. ▶ “The Colchians, who then inhabited Crete, can not only dream, but also grasp the fact that they ruled the Mediterranean Sea and were the hegemons of the world at that time.“ Greek historian T. Kafantaris (Greek newspaper Vima Science. ) ▶ The Colchians have preserved the writings of their fathers, on which all the roads and borders of the sea and the land are shown to travelers around them.“ Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BC). In Megrelian Kirib is a lamb. In Kiribishi - “Lamb Etrat“ Here is what Akaki Urushadze wrote: “It is hard to think that the Colchians were considered to be a people with a rich cultural past and accountable to the Greeks, without the existence of an ancient script in them.“ In Colchis Kiribi is called a lamb, from the skin of which was made kvirbi, etrat. ▶ “The Greeks knew Colchis very well. They suggest, that in Colchis was a strong cult of Hecate, Heracles, Rhea-Cybele, Asia, even the Indian Shiva. That Rhea was the same Phasis. That the Olympic Games entered the Peloponnese from Colchis.“ Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766–1833) - was a German botanist and physician who published an influential multivolume history of medicine, Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde (1792–99 in four volumes with later editions running to five) and several other medical reference works. ▶ “The only thing left to say is that as long as you always want knowledge, I can not really hide the arrival of the king of Colchis in this city. He reigns on the river Phasis, in the Euxeinos Sea (Black sea), not far from the Caucasus Mountains. His name is Dadiani. Today the Italians call the Colchians Megrelians (Mingrellos)“ (Ogier Gisleen van Busbeke / Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq), 1522,— 1592.