The mystery of the burial of monarchs interests historians to this day. The Georgian queen Tamara was no exception. There is more than one version of where the real burial place may exist.

After the death of Queen Tamara in 1213, her subjects wanted to avoid desecration of her tomb. Thus, according to one version, twelve golden coffins decorated with precious stones were created.

Historians tend to think that there were only seven such coffins. It is assumed that those close to Tamara decided to hold an official, but still false funeral in Gelati, where there was a family tomb. Archaeologists have not found any confirmation of this historical fact. There is no grave of the queen in this temple.

Jerusalem: the Queen's own wish

In 1929, a letter in Latin from a knight to the archbishop was discovered. In it, he writes that he met an army led by a young 16-year-old king. The young man was carrying the bones of his mother. She was Tsarina Tamara. Even in her lifetime she wanted to go to Jerusalem. She bequeathed her son to bury her remains near the Holy Sepulcher after her death.

Svetittskhoveli (Life-bearing Pillar)

This is the name of the cathedral of Mtskheta. It was erected more than a hundred years before Tamara's death and more than one Georgian king was buried there.

Doubts about the veracity of this version are caused by the absence of a gravestone or tomb with her name on it.

City of Vardzija

A huge city that is carved right into the rock. It has a monastery complex founded by the great ruler. According to one of the versions, it is in the cavity of the mountain that her coffin is buried.

Tamara settled in this town, when, having enthroned her son, she withdrew from state affairs. In the western part of the monastery there are caves, which after the earthquake were under the rubble. Scientists have not been able to explore them thoroughly.

Uchguli village

It is located in the mountains of Svanetia, in northern Georgia. This version appeared after an elderly man came forward saying that his family kept the secret of the true burial place.

He had no heirs, and the man wanted to remove his vow by betraying the information to someone in authority. But he did not manage to do so before his death.

Other keepers of secrets from various Georgian villages have also appeared, but so far it has not been possible to find the true version.

According to legend, the warriors who carried the coffins killed each other to keep the secret of the burial forever.