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Armenia the heir of Urartu

December 12, 2013July 19, 2017 5 Comments 43679 Views

Relief depicting offering bearers, from Urartu, Armenia

Art of Urartu Urartu was an Iron Age Armenian kingdom famed for one of the finest examples of ancient art. Urartu at its zenith had a profound cultural influence on its neighbors reaching as far as Asia and Europe. Supported by discoveries of Urartian artifacts inside Etruscan burials, it has been hypothesized that much of...