As some might know Roger Kupelian from Fugitive Studios who helped create the special effects in the Lord of the Rings movies is working on a private project making a movie based on Armenian historic war of survival the “Battle of Avarayr” 451 AD led by the legendary Armenian general Vartan Mamikonian. As the project requires funding it won’t be out...
Armenian folk art – Meruzhan Khachatryan
Meruzhan Khachatryan was born on February, 26, 1980 in Yerevan, in a painter’s family. He graduated from the Painting Department of the P.Terlemezjan art college in 2001. Being involved in numerous exhibitions both personal and joint, he started his productive creative work. His works are available in private collections in different countries: Russia, Greece, Cyprus,...
Armenian Policeman
I really like this painting. Almeh Flirting with an Armenian Policeman, Cairo by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928).
Armenia sends aid for Turkish quake survivors
Armenia has sent a plane to Turkey as part of international aid that started pouring into the country since Monday yet it is distant that it could play a role in bringing the two foes together. Gagik Kostandyan, an official from Armenia, told reporters in Erzurum airport where the aid plane landed on Friday...
The birds of ancient Armenia
Depicting birds has long been a part of Armenian historic art culture. From pottery, scriptures to numerous flags of Armenian dynasties, they seem to appear everywhere in ancient Armenia. The following is a part from an archeological study on Ancient Birds of Armenia. Bird depictions are the most favored theme in the Armenian arts. Bowls and...
The color of Armenian garments
As people might know, Armenian national garments and rugs are often of very bright colors (including red and purple), especially those of the ladies. But what most might not realize is that this probably has something to do with a little insect by the name of “Kermes” readily available on the lands of our...
Armenians of the Ottoman Empire
The Armenian presence within the geographical area of the Ottoman Empire is a very ancient one. In reality the area that eventually became the Ottoman Empire contained the lands of ancient Armenian royal dynasties, from antiquity to the Middle Ages. These regions are mostly included in present-day Turkey’s eastern provinces – and today’s Republic...
Georgian Princes of Armenian origin
Searching for Armenian nobility I stumbled upon a Georgian website about the Genealogy of Georgian Surnames. Looking through I saw a list of Georgian Princes and a description of their origin. Despite the restrictions to read full texts without payment, it is visible that many of these Georgian princes and their surnames originated in...
