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    ARTASHAT MONASTERY MONUMENTAL BUILDING - INSTITUTE DIRECTOR

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/10/30/artashat/
    30.10.12

    Photo by Ankhakh.com

    The director of the National Academy's Institute of Archaeology and
    Ethnography says they are scheduling archeological, biological and
    collective-ethnographic expeditions and excavations on the territory
    of Artashat this year.

    Excavations in Artashat, an ancient Armenian capital, are being
    conducted for the tenth year. The foundations of the city's monastery
    and an adjacent construction - a public bath with a mosaic design -
    have been already unearthed. Scientists believe the monastery was
    built under King Artashes.

    "All are monumental constructions. We have unearthed both the
    foundations and the walls. The structures dating from 2nd until the
    3rd-4th centuries BC are buildings suiting the capital of Artashat. We
    have unearthed quite a big territory," Pavel Avetisyan, the Institute's
    director, told Tert.am.

    Scholars at the Institute are also studying ancient sites tracing
    back to the late 7th until the early 6th centuries AD to discover
    the agricultural societies' heritage in the Armenian highlands.

    Asatryan particularly singled out the ancient sites of Aknashen
    (near Echmiadzin) and Masis Blur (near Yerevan) as most remarkable
    places of study.

    The Institute also conducts expeditions on the territories of the most
    ancient monuments (from Stone to Middle Ages) of the Armenian highlands
    and the ancient Armenian capitals (Armavir, Yervandashat and Dvin).




    From: A. Papazian
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