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The Armenian Pantheon of Gods was erected by the king of Commagene, named Antiochus I Theos c. 86 BC – 38 BC, ruled 70 BC – 38 BC. Antiochus I Theos was the son of of King Mithridates I Callinicus and Queen Laodice VII Thea of Commagene from the Armenian Orontid Dynasty. Beyond the line …
The earliest Armenian geographic work is the seventh-century manuscript entitled Ashkharhatsuyts (Mirror of the World), penned most probably by the Armenian mathematician, scientist, and geographer Anania Shirakatsi (Anania of Shirak). This work was originally attributed to the fifth-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, but research has shown that it most probably belongs to the pen of Shirakatsi. …
One of the greatest lies that the “Empire” had applied to Armenian literature over the centuries is that Mesrob Mashtots created or “rediscovered” Armenian letters a few centuries after Christ. The Crusades were more than just a battle between Christianity and Islam. That was a time when world history had changed for ever. Why did …
King Arsames I of Sophene (Ծոփք) was an Armenian vassal king during the Seleucids. He was descended from the Orontid dynasty who had ruled Armenia as satraps both under the Persians, and later under Alexander the Great, and then his Hellenistic successors. As the Seleucids grew weaker, His father Samos (275-255 BC) had proclaimed himself …
In the 14th -15th centuries BC the chieftains (kings) and nobles of the Hurri-Armenian tribe of Mitani (Mittani,Mitanni) living in the south of the Armenian Highland between Lake Van and the Zagros mountains could consolidate a number of the Hurri-Armenian tribes small and middle state formations and establish the State of Mitani which was the …
Shengavit settlement is a well explored monument of the early Bronze Age of the Armenian Highlands. It is situated in the south-western part of Yerevan, on the left bank of the Hrazdan , on the eastern mountainous bank of nowadays Yerevanian Lake. The exploration of Shengavit by the archaeologists began from 1936 (E.Bayburdyan, S. Sardaryan, …
A multi-disciplinary research project in the Aras Valley, Armenia, focuses on the remains of the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age settlement of Metsamor. The results challenge prior understandings of the settlement’s past and the role it played in the region, especially during the first centuries of the first millennium BC. The Aras Valley is located in …
Archaeologists discovered the unique bronze model of the Solar system dated back 12-11th centuries BC in Sevan basin Armenia, in the 1950s. This is one of the oldest geocentric Solar system models preserved till nowadays. One can find a diverse range of rock inscriptions and drawings of celestial bodies and stars all over the territory of Armenia. Astronomical …
Ancient Armenian calendar (“Hin Haykakan Tomar”) starts from the victory of Hayk Nahapet (Hayk the Patriarch) over Babylonian king Bel in 2,492 BC, thus marking birth of the Armenian nation. The Armenian History Museum preserves a unique bronze belt dated late 2000s – early 1000s BC with engravings of the Sun, the Moon, different animals, …
Yerevan is one of the oldest cities in the world. The archeological excavations made in its territory, show that the human lived here thousands years ago. It is important to note, that the territory of Yerevan has been inhabited uninterruptedly. The researches showed, that a lot of settlements had arised in different periods and for …
Armenia is one of the oldest centers of civilization. The centuries‐old traces of material culture, myths and legends, geographical and personal names reveal that Armenians are the natives of the Armenian Highland; they are indigenious who lived there since the dawn of humanity. Greek historians Herodotus (5th century B.C.), Xenophones (5 th century B.C.), Strabo …
The highest two- peak mountain (5.165 m) of Armenian Highland was called Sis and Masis by Armenians. Masis is also known as Ararat. Like many questions of Armenian History and ancient names, the names Masis and Ararat of sacred Armenian mountain also interested the researchers and brought forward many questions. And the questions are many: …
Portasar is situated in the South of the Armenian Highlands, 15 km south-east from the old city Urha /Edessa, Urfa/ of Armenian Mesopatamia. The discovery of the cultural layers/three layers/ of Portasar shows that it was a religious-ritual centre for sedentary people for several millenniums. The territory is in Armenian cultural area. Armenian is one …
Something to pay close attention to especially by those whose viewsare fossilized by bad, but repetitious ideas. – Setyan Vahan “The Phoenicians were Aryan in race, speech and script. The so-called Aramean script that the Semitic scholars exemplify are variant local forms found in Armenia, highlands of Mesopotamia and Persia, from which derived the Arabic, …
This coin was minted in 310 BC in Olbia, (Ὀλβία Ποντική) a town on the northern coast of the Black Sea, which was settled by Miletan Greeks in the 7th century BC. The name in Greek means “happy” or “wealthy”. It depicts the bearded river-god Borysthenes, which contributed to the wealth of the city. The …
According to a BBC report, the oldest leather shoe known to archeologists has been found embedded in a sheep dung pit in a cave in Armenia and is about 5,500 years old. The so-called Areni-1 shoe is an example of early, basic footwear that may have influenced the development in the ancient world of other …
The Kingdom of Commagene was a small Hellenized Armenian kingdom rulled by Armenain Dynasty. The Nemrut monuments are Armenian deities. Built by the Armenian king Antiochos I of the Armenian Orontid dynasty. The empire he was ruling over Commagene was a mixed ethnic empire but the dynasty was Armenian, the King was Armenian and he …
Narses, (born c. 480, Armenia—died 574, probably Rome or Constantinople), Byzantine general under Emperor Justinian I; his greatest achievement was the conquest of the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy for Byzantium. A eunuch, Narses became commander of the imperial bodyguard of eunuchs and eventually rose to be grand chamberlain. When rioting broke out in Constantinople in …