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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
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