“Ancient Azerbaijan” and “Armenians from India”: Anatomy of a Propaganda Narrative

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Vigen Avetisyan

By Vigen Avetisyan In brief. The claim that present-day Armenia is “historical Azerbaijan” and that Armenians are late settlers from…

Shenatagh: Iron Age Tombs Beneath a Syunik Courtyard — and a Heritage Route from Sisian to Tatev

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Archaeology · Travel · Syunik, Armenia — October 28, 2026 A routine groundwork job in the southern Armenian village of…

The History of Armenian Coinage and Money: From Ancient Times to the Dram

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From weighed silver and Achaemenid-era imports to the kings of Sophene, the coins of Tigranes the Great, the Cilician tram…

Weapons of the Armenian Highland: From the First Swords to the Age of Firearms

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Military history series · Armenian Highland, 4th millennium BCE – 18th century CE Introduction: why the Highland matters for the…

Shamiram 2026: A Bronze Age Horse Burial, an Urartian Megalithic Tower and Three Thousand Years of Continuous Life on the Aragats Foothills

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How the 2026 Armenian-Italian field season at the Shamiram fortress and necropolis in Aragatsotn adds to the long history of…

“If I Hadn’t Acted, We Would All Be Dead”: The Shaki Attack and the Mother Who Fought Back

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On October 1, 2026, an armed Azerbaijani soldier entered a family home in Syunik, Armenia. A wounded mother confronted him…

Written in Wool, Carved in Stone: The Khachkar, the Carpet, and the Struggle to Name Armenian Weaving

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A 19th-century Baluch rug beside a 13th-century khachkar from Hovhannavank: a shared design logic, and the long record of Armenian…

An Armenian Bride from Kharberd: A Photograph from the Danish National Archives

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A portrait from the Armenian highlands Two women stand before a painted studio backdrop of clouds and trees. The taller…

MPG/Gallup International Poll of September 25, 2026: Examining an Anomalous Jump in the Numbers

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1. What Was Published on September 25 Aram Navasardyan, head of the Armenian branch of the Gallup International Association (the…

Russian Gas for Armenia: Facts, Hypotheses, and What Cannot Yet Be Claimed (as of September 26, 2026)

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Why the topic is back in focus Over the past four months, the gas issue in Armenian-Russian relations has gone…