Hiking through Armenian backcountry (Zangezur Trails)
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Armenia, The Land of Noah (Russian)
This is a great documentary feature about Armenia. The film itself is originally produced in English, but unfortunately I was only able to find this Russian translation. Hope some of you speak Russian 😉
ABC News names Karabakh as one of the 7 Great “offbeat” Places to Go in 2012
The American TV channel ABC News has included Nagorny Karabakh in the list of 7 most unusual regions of the world to visit in 2012. ABC News – Nagorno Karabakh If you’re looking for an adventure, this landlocked autonomous region between Armenia and Azerbaijan is the place to go. It’s the kind of place...
Historic quotes about horse-breeding in Armenia
As I wrote in a previous post Armenia Land of the Horse, many ancient writers would refer to Armenia as a land of excelent horse mastery. Recently I stumbled upon a few quotes from classical writers attesting to this fact. Strabo 11.13.7 This, as well as Armenia, is an exceptionally good “horse-pasturing” country; and a...
Armenia in nature (part 2)
As my previous post suggests this second part is not a re-post but a continuation of more examples of scientific names in nature referring to Armenia. Armenia has been well known to classical writers; as such many scientific names in nature refer to Armenia as its historic homeland. These names attest to the flora and fauna of Armenian Highlands beyond...
Armenia in nature (part 1)
A while ago when I didn’t have a blog I made an interesting entry on my friend’s blog ArmeniansWorld about a selection of scientific names from nature referring to Armenia as its native and/or classical homeland. In this case I would like to repost the entry here and while I’m at it I’ll add a...
