Archaeological expedition in the village of Makhviurauri, Khelvachauri municipality - a pre-antique burial site, ancient clay vessels, red-lacquered ceramics, and Neolithic stone tools have been discovered.

With the funding of the Cultural Protection Agency of Adjara, field archaeological work has been resumed in the village of Makhviurauri, Khelvachauri municipality, with the aim of researching and exploring the cultural layers of the Neolithic, Late Bronze-Early Iron and the Ancient Age. (Head of the expedition: archaeologist Nargiz Surmanidze)