The Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, worlds number 1 ranked chess player lost in his fourth game when he played against the Armenian Levon Aronian (ranked 6th) in the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger, Norway. With a brilliant set up Aronian lured Carlsen into a trap by sacrificing his own pieces to force a mistake from...
Armenian song goes viral in Turkey
An Armenian song goes viral in Turkey and Azeris are outraged. The pop song from rapper Super Sako featuring Hayko titled Mi Gna, went viral all over Turkey in the recent months. American musician John Denver once famously said the following: “Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...
From Dragon Stones to Kings Bones – 9 Recent Archaeological Discoveries Made in Armenia
The abundance of ancient ruins, monuments and archaeological sites, have earned Armenia the title of: “an open air museum”. While this is certainly true, everything known of ancient Armenia to date is but a tip of the iceberg, as most is still lying beneath the soil silently awaiting discovery. Some of the worlds oldest human settlements have...
SUPPORT the Paleontological Cave Exploration in Artsakh!
A very exciting new paleontological exploration of a prehistoric Cave in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) is in need of our support. Sc.D., Prof. Levon Yepiskoposyan, head of Ethnogenomics laboratory Institute of Molecular Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, along with a small team of dedicated scholars have started an INDIEGOGOG campaign to raise...
Stephen Hawking Pays Tribute to his Armenian Teacher in a Powerful Video Message
Famous physicist Stephen Hawking has paid tribute to the teacher who inspired his early steps into scholarship and “changed his life”. Dikran Tahta at St Albans School opened his eyes to mathematics. Hawking says: “I have to admit – I wasn’t the best student – but with his support I became a professor of mathematics at...
PeopleOfAr in 2016 – Looking Back and Moving Forward
Dear visitors of PeopleOfAr.com, As a well known cliché goes: “time flies when you’re having fun”, 2015 is over and we find ourselves in the second month of 2016. This means that PeopleOfAr blog exists for over 4 years now and I would like to take the opportunity to look back at some of the past highlights and...
Armenian Massacres reported in Dutch Newspaper 05-28-1915
A Dutch newspaper “Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant” has reported on the Armenian massacres with two articles in their 05-28-1915 edition as follows: English Translation: Prosecution of Christians in Armenia. The British press bureau has announced the following: The British government along with that of France and Russia have made the following public announcement: During the past month, the Kurds...
Sam Sevian a Chess Prodigy
Sam Sevian is 14, a chess grandmaster and probably the most intense kid you’ve ever seen.via FOX Sports Live
Posted by FOX Sports on Wednesday, April 1, 2015
A while back Sam became the youngest-ever American Chess Grandmaster at the age of 13. FOX Sports Live aired an interesting segment about Sam.
Excavating Iron Age Armenia – A Race Against The Clock
Archaeological digs at the Iron age burial site of Karmir Blur (Red Hill) near Yerevan, Armenia have been started this month in great haste to meet the 6 months deadline. New and unique discoveries are being made daily by an enthusiastic team headed by Hakob Simonyan director of the Cultural Heritage Center of Armenia. A short distance from the excavation site there are...
Armenia to host Vardavar International Festival 2015
On Sunday, the Federation of Youth Clubs of Armenia is organizing the second educational and cultural “Vardavar International Festival” at the ancient sites of Geghard and Garni. The festival is organized with support of several organisations including the RA Ministry of Culture and Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The program will include church ceremony, fascinating performances by folk dance...
