Levan Chilashvili

In 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of History of the Tbilisi State University (TSU). Since 1967 he is a Professor of this University. In 1958 Chilashvili received a PhD degree in History, in 1967 a degree of the Doctor of Historical Sciences.

In 1991 he was elected as Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS).

Chilashvili was a Director of the State Museum of Georgia of the GAS (1980-2004).

In 1982 he was awarded the Simon Janashia Prize of the GAS.

Main fields of scientific activity of Levan Chilashvili were: archaeology and history of ancient Georgia. In 1995-2003 by the Chilashvili's archaeological expedition in Nekresi (Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia) were found old, pre-Christian Georgian inscriptions of the 1st-3rd centuries AD.

Some of main scientific works of Levan Chilashvili

• "Town of Rustavi" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1957 (in Georgian)
• "Ancient town Urbnisi" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1964 (in Georgian)
• "Towns of Kakheti" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1980 (in Georgian)
• "Areshi" (a monograph), Tbilisi, 1991 (in Georgian)
• "The Pre-Christian Georgian inscription from Nekresi".- E. Khintibidze (Ed.) "Kartvelology", No 7, Tbilisi, 2000