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...
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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...
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...
Archaeologists Find Traces of Destruction in Ancient Armenian Town
Bone remains from a bronze age archaeological site in Metsamor, Armenia. Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw (Institute of Archaeology) discovered evidence of destruction and capture of the ancient city of Metsamor, one of the most famous archaeological sites in Armenia. Metsamor was essentially a Bronze Age city that at its heyday (from the...
Newly Discovered Stone Age Tools From Armenia Challange The Out Of Africa Theory Of Human Innovation
Innovative Stone Age tools have been developed by people inhabiting the Armenia Highland and — contrary to widely held views — not just invented in Africa, a study published Thursday found. Research published in the journal Science shows evidence that refined stone weapons were developed in Armenia about 325,000 years ago, challenging the theory...
“Drone” Archaeology captures Bronze Age Armenia
A Purdue University archaeologist is utilizing drone technology to capture details and data from Bronze Age field sites in Armenia. “Drones are a new tool in archaeologists’ toolkits,” said Ian Lindsay, an associate professor of anthropology who has been excavating in the South Caucasus region for 15 years. “It’s a good alternative to kites,...
Massive Urartian Cemetery Found Under Yerevan
BY ALISA GEVORGYAN Source: Armenian Public Radio YEREVAN—A massive cemetery found as a result of three years of archaeological excavations in the ancient site of Karmir Blur (Red Hill) in Yerevan is of huge scientific significance, says Hakob Simonyan, head of the expedition and Director of the Historical Cultural Heritage research center of the Ministry...
Pagan temple complex in Armenia unravels the mystery of ancient offerings
A temple complex is being excavated in Ogmik, the northwest of Armenia’s Shirak province, archeologist Hayk Hakobyan told journalists on Monday. “We have already found altars, idols and clay figures and carcasses of animals offered to gods. More specifically, dogs and deer were offered to Anahit and Astghik, goats to Vahagn. On one of the altars we have even...
The excavation of the temple complex Ogmik in Armenia will aid comprehensive study on pagan Armenian culture
Excavation of a pagan temple complex Ogmik in the village near the town of Amasia, will help to thoroughly examine the pagan Armenian culture, said the head of the group of archaeologists of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Professor Hayk Hakobyan. Excavations of the pagan...
Dvin, the ancient capitol of Armenia
Dvin was one of the most ancient settlements of the Armenian Highland and an ancient capital of Armenia, traced back as far as the 3rd millennium BC. During the excavations of 1958, a settlement of Late Bronze and Early Iron age period was discovered under the citadel of Dvin. Excavations revealed ancient workshops and worship...
