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The Precious Stones of Aratta

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Aratta is a mountainous land that appears in Sumerian myths  identified by various scholars with Ararat (Ayrarat) of historical Armenia.[1][2][3][4][5] Aratta was considered a holy site (home to the goddess Inanna, analogue of Ishtar, Astghik and sometimes Anahit) [6][7][8] famous for metallurgy, stone masonry, gold production, silver and their precious blue Azurite stones. Since the antiquity Armenia was...

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