Ishag Jafarzadeh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ishag Jafarzadeh

Azerbaijani archaeologist

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1895

Place of Birth: Ganja, Azerbaijan

Date of Death: 05-Jan-1982

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ishag (Azerbaijani pronunciation: [is'h?g]) Mammadrza oglu Jafarzadeh (Azerbaijani: Ishaq M?mm?drza oglu C?f?rzad?, August 14, 1895, Ganja–January 5, 1982, Baku) was one of the pioneers of Azerbaijan archaeology and ethnography.
He excavated over seventy artifacts on Azerbaijan's territory and studied the Gobustan rock paintings.
In 1948, during the Gobustan expedition, he discovered the Latin rock inscription near mountain Boyukdash, some 70 km far from Baku, which is the easternmost Roman evidence to be known.