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WARTIME VIOLENCE UNCOVERED AT ARMENIA'S METSAMOR
Archaeology
Dec 10 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
(K. Jakubiak)
WARSAW, POLAND--Krzysztof Jakubiak of the University of Warsaw
unearthed evidence of the destruction and capture of the ancient
city of Metsamor in Armenia. "In the entire area of research we found
layers of burning and ash. The city was probably captured by the army
of Argishti I, the ruler of Urartu," he told Science & Scholarship
in Poland. A woman's skeleton missing its head, and another set of
remains with an injured skull, are thought to represent victims of the
attack. Their bodies had not been buried, but were found among the
town's buildings. Smashed pottery was also found on stone platforms
in one of the city's seven shrines.
http://www.archaeology.org/news/2770-141210-armenia-metsamor-attack
Archaeology
Dec 10 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
(K. Jakubiak)
WARSAW, POLAND--Krzysztof Jakubiak of the University of Warsaw
unearthed evidence of the destruction and capture of the ancient
city of Metsamor in Armenia. "In the entire area of research we found
layers of burning and ash. The city was probably captured by the army
of Argishti I, the ruler of Urartu," he told Science & Scholarship
in Poland. A woman's skeleton missing its head, and another set of
remains with an injured skull, are thought to represent victims of the
attack. Their bodies had not been buried, but were found among the
town's buildings. Smashed pottery was also found on stone platforms
in one of the city's seven shrines.
http://www.archaeology.org/news/2770-141210-armenia-metsamor-attack