All About Armenia
It is known for a fact that the Kingdom of Van (Urartu) has existed at some point in time. But did you know that its discovery was made due to the records of a medieval Armenian history book? The existence of the Kingdom of Van was unknown until 1823 when a French scholar J. Saint-Martin …
The 13-number Beaufort scale measuring the speed of wind via visual, observed effects of the wind is widely used by sailors. Remarkably, marine artist Hovhannes Aivazian (commonly known as Ivan Aivazovsky) portrayed a variety of marine art pieces, which can perfectly demonstrate each stage of the Beaufort scale.
The representation of the Armenian Highlands as the region feeding Western Asia strengthened in early Chalcolithic when the trade relations between the Near Eastern states became more intense. The piece of territory that supplied Mesopotamia with not only water but also metals, woods, dyes, and building materials has become increasingly considered legendary. This belief was …
The multitude of rock carvings (also known as petroglyphs) discovered in Armenia testifies to the millennia-old history of the rock art in the region. In the Armenian Highlands, the petroglyphic art has developed since the Neolithic and has peaked in the Bronze Age. Apart from artistic purposes, rock carvings have been a communication means because …
Armenia adopted Christianity as state religion back in 301 AD. The Armenian Apostolic Church is one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. It differs substantially from the Byzantine Orthodoxy as well as from the Roman Catholicism. In Armenia, Christmas is celebrated on January 6. Living history of Christianity Modern Armenia is a small …
In 1705-10, a renowned French cartographer, scientist, and writer Henri Chatelain in cooperation with Nicolas Gueudeville published a monumental work named “Atlas Historique, Ou Nouvelle Introduction A l’Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Géographie Ancienne & Moderne” (“Historical atlas and new introduction to the history, chronology, ancient & modern geography”). Considered a brief geographic …
According to texts from the Louvre, the great army of Sargon crossed the Kurdish mountains en route to Lake Urmia, swept through the local cities of Ararat, and then went into the land of Nairi south of Lake Van. Knowing that his Assyrian predecessors hadn’t managed to seize the city of Tushpa (also known as …
Time Commanders is a 2003 – 2005 and 2016 BBC technological game show, which featured simulations of historical battles. Teams of four contestants each directed their armed forces in a strategy computer game. The members of the teams were unfamiliar with computer games, so they didn’t have any advantage in regard to gaming skill. After …
The ancient village of Hin Khot is lying at an altitude of 1500 meters and is surrounded by impregnable rocks and blooming gardens. It is located on the left bank of Vorotan River 67 kilometers northeast of the town of Kapan, Syunik Province, Armenia. The village was abandoned in the 1970s. The inhabitants of Hin …
The history of each nation is somewhat reflected in its culture and art. But some nations’ history leaves its marks only within a country, while the history of others becomes deeply imprinted in the culture of other nations or even the whole world. For Armenians, it is definitely honoring that the map of their country …
In a quite informative and interesting film by the Travel Channel, a prestigious TV channel that operates internationally in 21 languages, booze traveler Jack Maxwell degusts Armenian beverages. Not every country can hold such a project, not to mention being featured in a documentary. “Although the excellent Armenian wine sparkles in the wine glasses, people …
Armenian people have created a multitude of musical instruments. A variety of tambourines and drums have been widely used throughout historical Armenia. The very first accounts of Armenian musical instruments come from ca. 3rd millennium BC. According to ancient manuscripts, several types of timpani have been used in rites dedicated to ancient Armenian goddess Anahit. …
On June 20, 2017, the birthday of Eduard Ghazaryan, the founder of micro miniature, his grandson Eduard Ter-Ghazaryan shared some details of his grandfather’s life in an interview to the Sputnik Armenia media agency. Wonder-maker and micro miniaturist Eduard Ghazaryan knew how Charlie Chaplin and Niccolò Paganini made it into a needle eye or how …
Archaeologists discovered the ruins of an ancient settlement at the bottom of Lake Sevan in Armenia. Experts think that it has been submerged underwater for thousands of years. According to the researchers, the underwater city contained “stone carved art, some kind of writing, burial places, and even large ‘concrete-like’ slabs that resemble streets.” At the …
Russian anthropologist V.V.Bounyak in his book ”Grania Annenica”· (Annenian Granium, P.H.) 1927, wrote: “Armenoid type (race) is known from the most early time and has wide dispersal in all regions of Mesopotamia, beginning from its South part up to source of Tigris and Euphrates, and further until West end of Anatolian peninsula, from the one …
This map was published in Paris in 1779 by leading French cartographer Robert de Vaugondy. It has a number of remarkable features, one of them being the region in the middle of Assyria marked the “Montagnes d’ Armenie”, meaning “Mountains of Armenia”. Armenia is called “Grande Armenie”. On the map, it spreads to Cappadocia and …
Did you know that the heart of Mayan foothills, jungles, and mountain range in Belize is called Armenia? Besides, the cultural region of the Mayan civilization in Honduras is named “Nueva Armenia”, meaning “New Armenia” in Spanish. In fact, there is a multitude of historical regions in South America called Armenia. As for New Armenia …
A professor at Columbia University Boris Moisheson in his 2001 book “Armenoids in Prehistory” in detail describes the Armenians of the ancient world, as well as their influence on the earliest civilizations. He also mentions that the Old Testament tells a story of a branch of Armenians. Besides, he writes that the Armenoid people mastered …