All About Armenia
All About Armenia
The combination of a crescent moon and a star is one of the most recognizable symbols of the modern world, closely associated […]
Among the most evocative artifacts to survive from the Armenian Highland’s Late Bronze Age is a small bronze chariot model — a […]
Long before “clown” became a synonym for children’s birthday parties, the word described a hardened professional performer — one whose stage, on […]
Introduction The fresco reproduced above — three white-robed priests, one wearing a tall conical hat, another holding a ceremonial vessel beside a […]
The crested bronze helmet on the left of this comparison was not made by a vanished, unrelated people. It was made by […]
A small, weathered piece of fired clay — barely 31 centimeters tall — sits today in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in […]
Pendant (Amulet) in the Shape of a Human Hand | 7th–6th centuries BC | Yeghvard Village, Armenia An Object That Outlasted Its […]
Introduction The duduk (Armenian: դուդուկ)—traditionally known as tsiranapogh (ծիրանափող, “apricot-wood pipe”)—is one of the most recognizable symbols of Armenian culture. With its […]
Perched on the rocky peninsula of Lake Sevan, the medieval monastery of Sevanavank preserves one of the most important inscriptions in Armenian […]
Reconsidering the Language and Sacred Heritage of Urartu in Armenian Historical Thought For more than a century, the ancient kingdom commonly known […]