Antiquities

Armenians were called Arameans by other nations

Danckwerts atlas of Schleswig-Holstein, 1652. It has ‘Lydia’ instead of “Anatolia”. It has Armenia spreading across multiple countries today, and it has ‘Aram’ in Southern and Western Armenia including Cilicia. In 1863 Rev. William Clark wrote that Aram was an Armenian King and Armenians were called Arameans by other nations.

Ancient Armenoids in ANCIENT ARMENOIDS aka THE LOST TRIBES

Vigen Avetisyan

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