By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS BAKU, Azerbaijan — It has been said that what Genesis is to the Biblical account of the fall and redemption of mankind, early rock art is to the history of his intelligence, imagination and creative power. These primitive but extraordinary carvings and paintings gave birth to human capability with the formation of images and symbols that allowed early man
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS BAKU, Azerbaijan — Tourism is a relatively new industry in Azerbaijan. Despite the fact that the tiny, landlocked republic can lay claim to three separate UNESCO World Heritage Sites — the medieval walled city of Old Baku, with its mysterious and emblematic Maiden Tower and the Palace of King Shirvanshah, built in the 15th century; the incomparable
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS BAKU, Aizerbaijan — When it comes to bone-chilling winds, Chicago has nothing on Baku. Situated on the southern side of the tip of Azerbaijan’s jutting Absheron Peninsula, the ancient Azeri capital is almost constantly battered by chilling, triple-digit-velocity gusts from the Caspian Sea, tempered only by warmer overland breezes from the inland regions of the country to the
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