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    EXCAVATIONS IN TIGRANAKERT ARE UNDER WAY

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    2009-08-11 16:27
    Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

    It is already five years that excavations in the ancient town of
    Tigranakert, NKR, founded in 1st century B.C. in Artsakh by Armenian
    King Tigran the Great, are underway.

    The excavations are realized by the Artsakh archeological expedition
    of the Archeology and Ethnography Institute of Armenia's National
    Academy of Sciences (NAS), headed by Hamlet Petrosian, Doctor of
    Historical Sciences.

    The expedition also includes specialists from Karabakh.

    The excavations are financed by the NKR Government. The Tourism
    Department under the NKR Government and "Tigranakert reserve"
    state nonprofit organization, established this year, coordinate the
    organizational issues.

    The upper part of the church (basilica) that, according to the
    preliminary data, dated to the 6th century has been excavated this
    year.

    Among this year findings Hamlet Petrosian singled out the agate
    gem. For the present, the scientists find difficulty in defining
    precisely what period the gem dates back. However, it is considered
    to date from the Hellenistic period. According to Hamlet Petrosian,
    gem and early medieval clay stamps witnessed Tigranakert's significant
    administrative-commercial role.

    The excavations of acropolis's northern wall go on. 85 meters of the
    wall have already been excavated. It is one of the biggest walls,
    ever=2 0 excavated in the South Caucasus.

    On the whole, the excavations reveal the image of once powerful,
    rich and beautiful town.

    There is a plan to establish a museum of Tigranakert. At present,
    restoration works are on in the 18th century fortress, where the
    museum is to be based.

    The NKR intends to turn Tigranakert into a pilgrimage shrine for
    Armenians all over the world.
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