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GOVERNMENT PAYING ATTENTION TO DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHEOLOGY IN ARMENIA RECENTLY
ARKA
June 10, 2008
YEREVAN, June 10. /ARKA/. The government is paying particular attention
to development of archeology in recent years, said Pavel Avetisian,
Director of Archeology and Ethnography Institute, Armenia's National
Academy of Sciences.
Since 2007 additional funds have been allocated for fieldwork
throughout Armenia in particular, Avetisian said.
He also said that in 2008 the government allocated 106mln drams for
research conducted by the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography
with half of it being spent on archeological works.
Avetisian reported that 29 fieldwork projects were implemented by
Armenian archeologists in 2007, including one project in Karabakh.
Fourteen of them were funded by the government, Avetisian said. Nine
projects are being implemented together with international scientific
organizations. The Institute takes also the advantage of laboratory
facilities of international scientific institutions, he said. -0--
ARKA
June 10, 2008
YEREVAN, June 10. /ARKA/. The government is paying particular attention
to development of archeology in recent years, said Pavel Avetisian,
Director of Archeology and Ethnography Institute, Armenia's National
Academy of Sciences.
Since 2007 additional funds have been allocated for fieldwork
throughout Armenia in particular, Avetisian said.
He also said that in 2008 the government allocated 106mln drams for
research conducted by the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography
with half of it being spent on archeological works.
Avetisian reported that 29 fieldwork projects were implemented by
Armenian archeologists in 2007, including one project in Karabakh.
Fourteen of them were funded by the government, Avetisian said. Nine
projects are being implemented together with international scientific
organizations. The Institute takes also the advantage of laboratory
facilities of international scientific institutions, he said. -0--