The Priestess of the Kingdom of Van: A 9th-Century BC Bronze Figurine in the British Museum
Five angles of one small bronze figure — and what emerges is not an abstract “Near Eastern idol” but a specific individual: […]
The Winged Sun and the Armenian Tiara: Royal Symbolism of the Orontid (Yervanduni) Kingdom of Commagene, 163 BC – 72 AD
Introduction Among the successor states that emerged from the fragmentation of the Achaemenid-derived Orontid (Armenian: Yervanduni), the Kingdom of Commagene occupies a […]
A Bronze Age Vessel from Gardman: Solar Symbolism, the Sun-Cross, and the Sacred Landscape of Ancient Armenia
Article based on the explanations and interpretive observations of Angela Terian, with additional archaeological and historical references. Among the archaeological objects associated […]
Rewriting the Caucasus: A Documented Look at Azerbaijan’s Historical Revisionism Regarding Armenia
Lenin: Soviet nationalities policy, Azerbaijan SSR founded 1920, Stalin: Constitution and census fix the ethnonym “Azerbaijani”, Heydar Aliyev: Directed historians to build […]
A Painted Wall from Ancient Armenia: The New Erebuni Fresco and the Urartian-Armenian Continuity
An unprecedented find on Arin Berd hill On 23 July 2026, the French Embassy in Armenia announced that the joint French-Armenian archaeological […]
The Date Khorenatsi Gave for Armenia’s Founding — Now Backed by Genetics
For more than fifteen centuries, one line from Movses Khorenatsi’s History of the Armenians has been treated by most scholars as pious […]
Rusudan Artsruni: The Armenian Queen Who Became the Mother of Georgia’s Royal Line
Armenian historical tradition, echoed by a number of modern researchers, identifies Rusudan as an Armenian member of the House of Artsruni — […]
The Ughtasar Petroglyphs in the Heart of Yerevan: A Bronze Age Gallery in Tigran Mets Park
Tucked away in the greenery of the 2nd block of Yerevan’s Nor Nork district, in Tigran Mets Park, stands an unassuming cluster […]
Yerevan Is a Festival: From Aratta to Yerevan
Based on the Armenian-language essay “Երևանը տոն է. Արատտայից Երևան” (“Yerevan Is a Festival: From Aratta to Yerevan”) by historian Anzhela Teryan, […]
The Crescent and the Star: The Journey of an Ancient Near Eastern Symbol — From Mesopotamia and the Armenian Highlands to the Present Day
The combination of a crescent moon and a star is one of the most recognizable symbols of the modern world, closely associated […]