Mount Ararat is a snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone in what used to be ancient Armenian region known as Ararat (modern day eastern Turkey). Mount Ararat has been revered by Armenians since times immemorial. According to ancient legends Armenian deities reside inside the mountain. Both peaks have separate names in Armenian, the smaller one is called “Sis” and...
Noah´s ark in the Mountains of Armenia
The Book of Genesis speaks of mountains of Ararat where Noah’s Ark came to rest after the great flood (Genesis 8:4). The Biblical Ararat corresponds to what Assyrians called Urartu and Persians Arminya. In the trilingual Behistun inscription, carved in 521 BC by the order of Darius the Great of Persia, the country referred to...
