Presentation of the Exhibition. Participants: Giorgio Buccellati, Professor Emeritus of Ancient Near East and History at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA; Thomas Gamkrelidze, Honorary President of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, David Lordkipanidze, Director of the excavations in Dmanisi and General Director of the Georgian National Museum (GNM); Paolo Matthiae, Archaeologist and Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Art History of the Ancient Near East at the Sapienza University, Rome. Introduced by Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, Professor Emerita, California State University and Visiting Professor, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA Director, Mozan/Urkesh Archaeological Project.