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WALLS OF A FORTIFIED CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES OF AGARAK
10:21, 20 November, 2012
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS. There are great expectations from
the excavation of the archeological sites of Aragatsotn province
(marz) of Armenia. In a conversation with "Armenpress" the Director
of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, the Head of the Agarak
Expedition Group Pavel Avetisyan stated that the excavations are still
in progress. He said: "We have already discovered walls of a rather
fortified construction. Notwithstanding it's soon to speak about the
character of the construction. We have excavated little statues and
remainings dating back to the Early Bronze Age and the Iron Age."
The Director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, the Head
of the Agarak Expedition Group Pavel Avetisyan noted: "As per the
construction of the North-West Road we are also planning excavations
in other places nearby as well."
The excavation of archeological sites of Agarak kicked off in 2001.
The results of the excavations show that this territory has
been inhabited in the third millennium B. C. This place was also
largely inhabited during the reign of the Artaxiad Dynasty and
Orontid(Yervanduni) Dynasty.
10:21, 20 November, 2012
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS. There are great expectations from
the excavation of the archeological sites of Aragatsotn province
(marz) of Armenia. In a conversation with "Armenpress" the Director
of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, the Head of the Agarak
Expedition Group Pavel Avetisyan stated that the excavations are still
in progress. He said: "We have already discovered walls of a rather
fortified construction. Notwithstanding it's soon to speak about the
character of the construction. We have excavated little statues and
remainings dating back to the Early Bronze Age and the Iron Age."
The Director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, the Head
of the Agarak Expedition Group Pavel Avetisyan noted: "As per the
construction of the North-West Road we are also planning excavations
in other places nearby as well."
The excavation of archeological sites of Agarak kicked off in 2001.
The results of the excavations show that this territory has
been inhabited in the third millennium B. C. This place was also
largely inhabited during the reign of the Artaxiad Dynasty and
Orontid(Yervanduni) Dynasty.