Guest entry – Author: Kietos Starikian Throughout thousands of years Armenia has had ever changing empires and kingdoms. The time period which many argue as the greatest empire in our history was the first major kingdom to appear under the name “Armenia”, taking place from roughly 321 BC to 428 AD. The Kingdom which included...
Beautiful illustrations of the Ruins of Ani from an old book (1861)
Bellow are illustrations of the ruins of the medieval Armenian capital city of Ani. The illustrations are from a 19th century French book titled “Ruins of Ani – Capital of Armenia under the Bagratid kings of the 10th and 11th centuries, History and description.” by Mr. Brosset (printed at the Imperial Academy of Sciences -1861). Ani became the capital city of the Armenian kingdom under...
