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Why is Gobustam's Azerbaijani rock paintings famous?
The rock art and cultural landscape of Gobustam is located in the west of Bustam, about 40 miles from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. In 2007, it was selected as the cultural heritage of the century at the 3rd1session of the World Heritage Committee. It belongs to the GoBustam National Reserve. In order to protect the ancient sculptures and mud volcanoes in this area, Yu 1966 was designated as the national historical landscape of Azerbaijan. GoBustam National Reserve is rich in archaeological significance, including more than 600,000 rock paintings from 5,000 to 20,000 years ago, which describe prehistoric humans, animal wars, religious dances, bullfighting, boating, spear warriors, camel caravans, the sun and stars.