Heydar Aliyev Organized the Baku Pogroms: What Arif Yunusov Claims and What Other Sources Show
Historian and human rights activist Arif Yunusov lives in exile in the Netherlands. In an interview with the opposition internet channel Obyektiv […]
The Armenian Highlands: A Civilization You Can Touch
When people talk about the antiquity of Armenia, they often begin with a grand formula such as “the first civilization on Earth.” […]
Selective Justice in Armenia: What the DW Analysis Shows, and What It Means for the Government and the Country
Analysis. Information current as of 13 November 2026. On 7 November, Germany’s DW published a piece by Lusine Voskanyan with a question […]
Kozern: The Hill, the Cemetery and the Gardens That Are No More
The story of one of Yerevan’s oldest burial grounds, erased in the 1930s Show Image Old photograph: massive stone tombstones of Kozern, […]
Hayasa-Azzi: The First Armenia in Written History
How the cuneiform archives of the Hittite capital came to record a powerful mountain kingdom at the sources of the Euphrates — […]
Stone Houses of the Ice Age: What We Know About the New Paleolithic Settlement Near Yerevan
Excavations on the northwestern edge of the Armenian capital have uncovered an open-air Upper Paleolithic settlement with more than 40 dwellings and […]
Who Is Buried in the Women’s Tomb of the Royal Family of Commagene
Karakuş (“Black Bird”) — a hierothesion of the Orontid dynasty in the Nymphaios valley Introduction In south-eastern Turkey, in the Kâhta district […]
St. Sargis Church in Bjni (7th Century): History, Route and Practical Travel Guide
A tiny cross-domed church on a rocky outcrop above one of Armenia’s oldest villages — and everything you need to know to […]
“First Nation” or “First State”? Why Pashinyan “Corrected” the Formula About Armenia’s Adoption of Christianity, and What It Has to Do With the Church
About a 10-minute read In Brief 1. What Actually Happened in the Early Fourth Century The main account of how Armenia became […]
Svo Raf: The Thief-in-Law Whom Armenia Remembers as a Protector
Rafael Baghdasaryan (1930–1993) lived the life of a professional criminal and died a hero of Armenian urban legend. People readily tell how […]