Hannibal and Artaxias the Great: The Carthaginian General Who Helped Build the “Armenian Carthage”
Few episodes in ancient Armenian history capture the imagination quite like the tradition that Hannibal Barca — Rome’s most feared enemy — […]
Category: Antiquities
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Article based on the explanations and interpretive observations of Angela Terian, with additional archaeological and historical references.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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
The Armenian Bronze Chariot: A Ritual Vehicle of the 14th Century BC
Among the most evocative artifacts to survive from the Armenian Highland’s Late Bronze Age is a small bronze chariot model — a […]
Dura-Europos and Ancient Armenia: A Crossroads of Priests, Inscriptions, and the Cult of Mithra
Introduction The fresco reproduced above — three white-robed priests, one wearing a tall conical hat, another holding a ceremonial vessel beside a […]
From Lake Van to Yerevan: The Bronze Helmet of Urartu, the First Armenia
The crested bronze helmet on the left of this comparison was not made by a vanished, unrelated people. It was made by […]