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ANCIENT INHABITATION BENEATH ARMENIA'S TATEV MONASTERY - NEWSPAPER
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April 10, 2012 | 07:57
YEREVAN. - There is an ancient city in the area of Armenia's
Tatev Monastery, under the earth. This city is not yet studied, and
archaeologists from Russia are planned to come to carry out studies,
Iravunk daily writes, referring to the information it has received.
"Senior specialist Boris Gasparyan of the [Armenian] Institute of
Archaeology said: 'There is a dwelling place here, but no one has
excavated to understand what it is.
When a church is restored here, first its surroundings must be
excavated to reveal the economic life around it. And this is expensive
and demands a long time.
And with respect to inviting archaeologists from Russia, pursuant
to Armenia's law this is possible solely in the case when this is
permitted by our archaeology commission; and our director is the vice
chairman of that commission, so if there were such thing, we would
have known.
No foreign expedition can carry out any activities in Armenia without
the Armenians' participation,'" Iravunk writes.
news.am
April 10, 2012 | 07:57
YEREVAN. - There is an ancient city in the area of Armenia's
Tatev Monastery, under the earth. This city is not yet studied, and
archaeologists from Russia are planned to come to carry out studies,
Iravunk daily writes, referring to the information it has received.
"Senior specialist Boris Gasparyan of the [Armenian] Institute of
Archaeology said: 'There is a dwelling place here, but no one has
excavated to understand what it is.
When a church is restored here, first its surroundings must be
excavated to reveal the economic life around it. And this is expensive
and demands a long time.
And with respect to inviting archaeologists from Russia, pursuant
to Armenia's law this is possible solely in the case when this is
permitted by our archaeology commission; and our director is the vice
chairman of that commission, so if there were such thing, we would
have known.
No foreign expedition can carry out any activities in Armenia without
the Armenians' participation,'" Iravunk writes.