Turkish anti-smuggling police in northwestern Balıkesir province has recovered another ancient artifact. This time a tombstone belonging to an Armenian king from the kingdom of Commagene. The DailySabbah reports: Anti-smuggling police seized a 2,000-year-old tombstone belonging to an ancient Armenian king in Turkey’s northwestern Balıkesir province on Tuesday. Acting upon a tipoff, security forces...
3,000-year-old footprint found in historic Armenia
An ancient human footprint from the Iron Age kingdom of Van (also known as Urartu / Ararat) was recently discovered at a castle in the historic Armenian city of Van (today part of Turkey). The footprint, measuring some 26 centimeters long and fitting a modern shoe size of 36, was found at Van Castle...
1500 year old Armenian Karas was confiscated during military operations in Eastern Turkey
Turkish media is recently reporting on how the Turkish military has stumbled upon a 1.500 year-old Karas during anti-Kurdish operations in historic Western Armenia. The discovery was reportedly made at a house of a Kurdish PKK member. The military operations are therefore labeled “anti-terror operations” in Turkish media. Daily Sabah reports: Gendarmerie forces carrying out...
PeopleOfAr Opens Store
Hi guys, so we’re in 2018 and you might be curious to know where I’ve been for the past few months. I’ve already announced on Facebook that I was working on expanding the website. Well I’ve been busy designing and setting up a merch store for PeopleOfAr. Something I have been wanting to do...
Yerevan turns 2799, Congratulation!
Yerevan is the capital and the largest city in the Republic of Armenia and one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities. Today marks the 2799th anniversary of the foundation of the capital city of Erebuni-Yerevan. Celebrations in its honor will be held in the capitol with music, dances life performances and various other cultural activities. Founded by the...
Grandmaster Levon Aronian Wins FIDE Chess World Cup for the Second Time
Armenia’s chess Grandmaster Levon Aronian wins the FIDE Chess World Cup 2017 (held in Tbilisi, Georgia), by defeating his Chinese opponent Ding Liren during tie-break games. In the first game Levon started with an advantage and defeated Ding in 30 movies. In the second game Levon started with a clear disadvantage but was able to turn...
Explaining Tabby’s Star; the “Alien Megastructure” Star named after an Armenian astronomer
The 2015 publication of an enigmatic star made huge waves in the media. People quickly started to speculate of a possible “Alien Megastructure” that is blocking the view of the star KIC 8462852 colloquially known as “Tabby’s Star” or “Boyajian’s Star”. Bizarrely enough, however, this is not outside of possibility. “We’d have to rewrite astronomy’s textbooks… This...
Levon Aronian Wins The Norway Chess Tournament With 0 Losses
Congratulations to Levon Aronian for winning the Altibox Norway Chess 2017 Tournament! Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian won the Norway Chess Tournament after 9 rounds without a single loss. After defeating world’s number 1 ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen with a brilliant game, Levon went on to defeat both Russia’s top players Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin....
Aronian Takes Sole Lead After Defeating Karjakin
Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian is now the sole leader of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament 2017, after beautifully defeating Russia’s Sergey Karjakin in the 7th round. Aronian scores 5 points after his 3rd win in a row. Sergey Karjakin lost in the 41th move. Two more rounds remain! In the round 8 Aronian is playing against...
Levon Aronian crushes Vladimir Kramnik in Norway
In another brilliant game of chess, the Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeats world’s 3rd ranked chess player Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, in the ongoing chess super tournament in Norway’s Stavanger. Aronian was able to defeat Kramnik in the 34th move, after which the official twitter page of the tournament tweeted that: “Levon Aronian wins...
