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Parandzem - Queen of Armenia

Parandzem – Queen of Armenia

The fourteenth month of the Persian army’s siege of the impregnable Armenian fortress of Artager was underway, but it seemed that neither deprivation, generous promises, enemy threats, or even the exceptionally harsh winter of 367 could break the spirit of its defenders – Queen Parandzem and her eleven thousand brave companions… However, something unforeseen happened: …

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Tigran I Yervandid and Cyrus II Achaemenid - Defeat of the Median Kingdom

Tigran I Yervandid and Cyrus II Achaemenid – Defeat of the Median Kingdom

According to the Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, the Median Empire was defeated by the Armenian King Tigran in alliance and with the assistance of Cyrus II. The historical grain of this message unfolds when compared with the account of Xenophon, a Greek historian of the 5th to the early half of the 4th century BC, …

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From the history of ancient Cappadocia

From the history of ancient Cappadocia

The history of Cappadocia dates back to 5,000 BC. Throughout this time, the region was at the crossroads of civilizations, alternately part of the Hittite, Persian, Roman, and Ottoman Empires, and other states, and served as the arena for numerous wars. Cappadocia (Greek: Καππαδοκία, Latin: Cappadocia, Armenian: Գամիրք, Turkish: Kapadokya, Persian: کاپادوکیه, Katpatuka — “Country …

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The Riddle of Portasar and Turkish Falsifications

The Riddle of Portasar and Turkish Falsifications

Turkey continues to distort history and appropriate Armenian historical and cultural heritage. As stated at a press conference in Yerevan by the main scientific advisor of the Oxford University expedition program “Stones and Stars”, candidate of biological sciences Vachagan Vagradjan, today Turkey presents the Portasar temple complex located in Western Armenia to the world community …

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Sasun - The Heart of Ancient Armenia

Sasun – The Heart of Ancient Armenia

Sasun, along with Taron, Ayots Dzor, and Maseatsotn, can rightly be called the heart of Armenia. This province embodies not only our centuries-old history – Sasun is the birthplace of the world-famous Armenian epic “Sasna Tsrer” (“Sasun Madmen”, an alternative name – “Sasuntsi David”) – this quintessence of the ancient pre-Christian Armenian tradition and the …

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