A Tower Crowned by a Lion-Rider: Reading a Bronze Age Cult Vessel Through the Lens of the Armenian Highlands
A small, weathered piece of fired clay — barely 31 centimeters tall — sits today in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in […]
A Hand Reaching Through Three Millennia: The Bronze Pendant from Yeghvard
Pendant (Amulet) in the Shape of a Human Hand | 7th–6th centuries BC | Yeghvard Village, Armenia An Object That Outlasted Its […]
Duduk (Tsiranapogh): The Ancient Voice of Armenia from the Bronze Age to UNESCO Heritage
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 […]
The Earliest Known Mention of Yerevan in Armenian Epigraphy: The 874 Inscription of Sevanavank
Perched on the rocky peninsula of Lake Sevan, the medieval monastery of Sevanavank preserves one of the most important inscriptions in Armenian […]
The Land of Kajants: Language, Kings, and Gods
Reconsidering the Language and Sacred Heritage of Urartu in Armenian Historical Thought For more than a century, the ancient kingdom commonly known […]
Hayasa-Azzi: A Powerful Armenian Kingdom of the Armenian Highlands
Among the earliest known states of the Armenian Highlands, few are as historically important as Hayasa-Azzi — an ancient political and military […]
The Frescoes of Dadivank Monastery and the Misinterpretation of Heritage
The medieval monastery of Dadivank is one of the most important spiritual and artistic centers of the Armenian Christian tradition. Among its […]
Armenian Orphan Girls in New York (1917): A Forgotten Act of Witness and Relief
In 1917, at the height of global upheaval during World War I, a small but determined Armenian community in New York City […]
The Armenian Genocide: State Crime, Mass Participation, and the Burden of Historical Responsibility
The Armenian Genocide (1915–1921 …) was not an accident of war, nor a tragic byproduct of chaos. It was a deliberate, centrally […]
The First Printed Armenian Bible (Amsterdam, 1666–1668)
Introduction The first printed edition of the Bible in the Armenian language stands as one of the greatest achievements of early modern […]