“Ancient Azerbaijan” and “Armenians from India”: Anatomy of a Propaganda Narrative
By Vigen Avetisyan In brief. The claim that present-day Armenia is “historical Azerbaijan” and that Armenians are late settlers from India contradicts […]
Shenatagh: Iron Age Tombs Beneath a Syunik Courtyard — and a Heritage Route from Sisian to Tatev
Archaeology · Travel · Syunik, Armenia — October 28, 2026 A routine groundwork job in the southern Armenian village of Shenatagh has […]
The History of Armenian Coinage and Money: From Ancient Times to the Dram
From weighed silver and Achaemenid-era imports to the kings of Sophene, the coins of Tigranes the Great, the Cilician tram and the […]
Weapons of the Armenian Highland: From the First Swords to the Age of Firearms
Military history series · Armenian Highland, 4th millennium BCE – 18th century CE Introduction: why the Highland matters for the history of […]
Shamiram 2026: A Bronze Age Horse Burial, an Urartian Megalithic Tower and Three Thousand Years of Continuous Life on the Aragats Foothills
How the 2026 Armenian-Italian field season at the Shamiram fortress and necropolis in Aragatsotn adds to the long history of Central Armenia, […]
“If I Hadn’t Acted, We Would All Be Dead”: The Shaki Attack and the Mother Who Fought Back
On October 1, 2026, an armed Azerbaijani soldier entered a family home in Syunik, Armenia. A wounded mother confronted him with a […]
Written in Wool, Carved in Stone: The Khachkar, the Carpet, and the Struggle to Name Armenian Weaving
A 19th-century Baluch rug beside a 13th-century khachkar from Hovhannavank: a shared design logic, and the long record of Armenian carpets being […]
An Armenian Bride from Kharberd: A Photograph from the Danish National Archives
A portrait from the Armenian highlands Two women stand before a painted studio backdrop of clouds and trees. The taller one, a […]
MPG/Gallup International Poll of September 25, 2026: Examining an Anomalous Jump in the Numbers
1. What Was Published on September 25 Aram Navasardyan, head of the Armenian branch of the Gallup International Association (the company MPG), […]
Russian Gas for Armenia: Facts, Hypotheses, and What Cannot Yet Be Claimed (as of September 26, 2026)
Why the topic is back in focus Over the past four months, the gas issue in Armenian-Russian relations has gone through several […]