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RUINS OF ANI UNPROTECTED IN THE FACE OF PLUNDERING - EXPERT
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 18, 2011 - 15:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Though officially considered a museum with ticket
only entry, ruins of Ani are unprotected in the face of plundering,
according to the head of Armenian Architecture Research Foundation.
As Samvel Karapetyan told a news conference in Yerevan, in 2004-2005,
the excavations organized by French archaeologists revealed a vast
number of gravestones, some of them carrying Armenian inscriptions.
However, in 2006, the gravestones were broken with the remainders of
those entombed taken out of graves, which proves thefts occurred even
on the museum territory.
"Rumours are afloat among Western Armenia population, asserting
Armenians have left, abandoning their treasures, leaving the territory
unprotected in the face of thefts," Karapetyan said.
A group of experts, led by Karapetyan, visited Ani on July 30, 2012.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 18, 2011 - 15:03 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Though officially considered a museum with ticket
only entry, ruins of Ani are unprotected in the face of plundering,
according to the head of Armenian Architecture Research Foundation.
As Samvel Karapetyan told a news conference in Yerevan, in 2004-2005,
the excavations organized by French archaeologists revealed a vast
number of gravestones, some of them carrying Armenian inscriptions.
However, in 2006, the gravestones were broken with the remainders of
those entombed taken out of graves, which proves thefts occurred even
on the museum territory.
"Rumours are afloat among Western Armenia population, asserting
Armenians have left, abandoning their treasures, leaving the territory
unprotected in the face of thefts," Karapetyan said.
A group of experts, led by Karapetyan, visited Ani on July 30, 2012.