Above is the gold coin of Yervand I from the National Library of Paris. This coin is dated to 362 BC. It depicts Yervand I, the Satrap of Sophene and Mitanni from 401 BC to 344 BC. Born in the 5th century BC, Yervand was a member of the Armenian Orontid (Yervanduni) dynasty. He was …
Earlier, it was reported that barbaric “excavations” are carried out in Karahunj with equipment such as tractors, excavators, cranes, pitchforks, and shovels, with all the work done by ordinary workers without special training. Thus, the foundations of the megalithic astronomical instruments were exposed. It should be noted that shifts in the megaliths’ positions may devalue …
According to Discovery, Italian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a pedestal made of mud brick in the area of Malatia (east of Historical Armenia, now in Turkey). According to researchers from the Sapienza University of Rome, it has traces of charred wooden fragments that may be part of a throne. Three steps lead up …
The oldest settlement in Yerevan was discovered by chance only 50 years ago. Then, passersby accidentally discovered remains of bones and skeletons in one of the favorite places of rest of the capital’s residents, Yerevan Lake. The relevant authorities responded to the discovery of the citizens and found out that the bones are the remains …
Vanadzor is the third largest city in Armenia after Yerevan and Gyumri. It is the administrative center of Lori Province. The Turkish name of the city “Karakilisa” (Armenian: Ղարաքիլիսա, kara kilise – “black church”) was for the first time mentioned in a record made on one of the pages of the manuscript Bible of Priest …
In the territory of the Armenian Highlands from the 5th to the 4th millennia BC, locals have processed and exported almost all types of minerals. Among them have been copper, tin, gold, silver, iron, lead, zinc, magnesium, antimony, arsenic, quartz, salt, and much more. Metal casting and the manufacture of various products from weapons and …
Monuments dating back to the first millennium BC have been found in Artsakh. Eight anthropomorphic steles have been unearthed near the village of Nor Karmiravan in the Martakert District of the Artsakh Republic. It was noted that explorative excavations will be conducted at the site of the finds for the possible discovery of other similar …
The settlement was unearthed during excavations in one of the caves of the Lower Paleolithic. The exact location of the excavation site is not indicated. The Lower Paleolithic is a period in the history of mankind which began with the end of the Pliocene Epoch. Between 2,6 million and 150 thousand years ago, Homo habilis …
Large-scale excavations have been unfolding in Yerevan in recent decades. In the territory of the Erebuni fortress, during one of the excavations was discovered an ancient street dating back to the 7th century BC. Experts believe that this finding can shed light on the history of the ancient settlement that once stood on this place. …
The coins of Levon I the Great, a King of Cilicia Armenia from the Rubenid dynasty who reigned from 1187 to 1219, were in use in Western Europe and even beyond. Minted during his reign, gold and silver coins with engraved Latin inscriptions became the most famous and preferred currency in international markets. During the …
Nerkin Naver is located 3.5 km west of Ashtarak on the southern slopes of Mount Aragats. And although the tumuli field was discovered in 1978, excavations began only in 2002. The necropolis is preserved almost in its original form. Here, archaeologists have discovered the oldest pagan temple dating to the period of the Kingdom of …
In 2010, the Museum of History of Yerevan hosted the presentation of the book “Northeast of Yerevan in the era of Artashesids” authored by renowned archeologist and researcher at the Academic Institute of Arts Ara Demirkhanyan. For almost 30 years, the author has been engaged in finding an answer to a question that is highly …
An interview with Yevgeny Mashchenko, Senior Researcher at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Yevgeny Nikolayevich, what is the reason for the interest of paleontologists in Armenia and our entire region? “Armenia is a part of the Asia Minor region and therefore is of particular importance in the study of zoogeography and …
We, Armenians, know very little about our progenitors. The past often seems to us as an era of incomplete knowledge and backwardness. But no! Successive epochs not always represent a qualitatively higher level in relation to the previous ones. Much of what had been created in the past has not been unraveled so far. Swiss …
In an interview with “APKA Style” in 2015, the director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences Pavel Avetisyan told about the sensational findings of Armenian archeologists, their plans, and the need to present the phenomenon of the Armenian civilization to the world. Mr. Avetisyan, 2014 turned out to …
The participants of the International Historical and Archeological Expedition to Lake Issyk-Kul – among whom were specialists from Tomsk State University – found a settlement aged 2500 years at the bottom of its reservoir in 2015. Tomsk submariners for the second year participated in underwater excavations within the scope of the long-term expedition to the …
The Newton Stone was discovered in 1804 in the Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The height of the stone is 2.03 meters. The stone has an inscription in an unknown language, with some letters strongly resembling Armenian. One of the recognizable symbols on the stone is a swastika. Nearby the Newton Stone lies another stone with the image …
The inscription on this 8cm-long saber was preserved almost completely. It is made in a curved font adopted in the 12th — 13th centuries and consists of 10 engraved signs between opening and closing crosses. Out of the 10 characters, 8 turned out to be undoubtedly letters of the Armenian alphabet. The first sign is …