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    URARTIANS WERE FAMILIAR WITH LUXURIOUS LIFE - FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGIST

    news.am
    June 28, 2012 | 14:09

    YEREVAN. - The Armenian-French joint archaeological excavation team,
    which carried out diggings at the citadel of the ancient Urartian
    Erebuni Fortress located in Armenia's capital city Yerevan, summed
    up the results of the first phase of its activities during a press
    conference on Thursday.

    "Erebuni" Historical & Archaeological Museum-Reserve Director Gagik
    Gyurjyan noted that the Soviet-era archaeological research conducted
    at the site was carried out with certain hurriedness and many questions
    referring to the Fortress' architecture are being answered only today.

    In their turn, the French expedition team's leader Stephane Deschamps
    and member Francois Fichet de Clairfontaine thoroughly presented
    the results of the Armenian-French archaeological diggings which had
    commenced on June 5.

    The specialists stressed in particular that the excavations will
    help bring into surface around a century-long time period, whose
    understanding will enable to write this chapter in Armenia's history.

    Also, they highlighted that life in the Fortress still continued
    after the fall of the Kingdom of Urartu.

    And in response to the news reporters' query as to what kind of life
    Erebuni's residents led, Deschamps half-jokingly said:

    "Judging from the pottery discovered at the Fortress, we can say that
    the Urartians were familiar with the luxurious life; they had taste
    [and] loved to drink wine or beer."




    From: A. Papazian
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