Turkish anti-smuggling police in northwestern Balıkesir province has recovered another ancient artifact. This time a tombstone belonging to an Armenian king from the kingdom of Commagene. The DailySabbah reports: Anti-smuggling police seized a 2,000-year-old tombstone belonging to an ancient Armenian king in Turkey’s northwestern Balıkesir province on Tuesday. Acting upon a tipoff, security forces...
Reconstructing the Artaxiad Flag
Background The Artaxiad (pronounced Artashes in Armenian) was a royal dynasty of ancient Armenia. They are believed to have been related to the older dynasty the Orontids (Yervanduni in Armenian), and ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 189 BC until their overthrow by the Romans in AD 12. Under king Tigranes II the Great of...
Armenian Kingdom of Commagene (a short analysis)
That the ancient kingdom of Commagene was indeed an Armenian kingdom is apparent from depictions found on numerous artifacts. For example below are two coins of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene who was responsible for constructing the megalithic statues of ancient Armenian deities on mount Nemrut (in today’s Turkey). We can see he is wearing the Armenian Tiara with the...
