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How an Armenian Monk Brought Gingerbread to the West
In the spirit of holidays I would like to share an interesting article about the introduction of gingerbread in Europe. By: Liana Aghajanian from: Ianyan magazine Eaten in England, Germany, the U.S.,...
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Markarian Galaxies
Hubble’s view of the blue compact dwarf galaxy known as Markarian 209 The Discovery Channel posted today an interesting “photo of the day” on their Facebook page. It’s a picture as seen by the Hubble...
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10 World’s Oldest Things From Armenia
Leather Shoe – 5,500 years old A perfectly preserved shoe, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 400 years older than Stonehenge in the UK, has been found in a cave in Armenia....
View ArticleDocumentary on Turkey’s hidden Armenians – Teaser
Documentary on Turkey’s hidden Armenians “Turkey, the Legacy of Silence”, to be released on the web on April 2015 (centennial of the Armenian Genocide).
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Archaeologists Find Traces of Destruction in Ancient Armenian Town
Bone remains from a bronze age archaeological site in Metsamor, Armenia Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw (Institute of Archaeology) discovered evidence of destruction and capture of the...
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Armenian Flatbread ‘Lavash’ is inscribed on UNESCO’s list of Intangible...
Armenian flatbread Lavash Armenian flatbread, otherwise known as lavash has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry...
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3,000-year-old Settlement in Eastern Turkey reveals Armenian Traces
Largest archaeological settlement of Tunceli province was discovered bearing Armenian writing on ancient stones The discovery of a large 3000 year old archaeological settlement in Eastern Turkey has...
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Ringstone portrait of Tigranes II of Armenia (95-56 BCE)
The flat oval stone is made from calcified Chalcedony engraved with a portrait of Tigranes II of Armenia in profile to the right. The King is wearing the Armenian tiara ornamented with a star and...
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The city of Ras al-Khaimah was founded by Armenians
Ras al Khaimah in the Emirates According to His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah Emirate the city of Ras al-Khaimah was historically known...
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Turkish minister calls Ani “Armenian” for first time
Ruins of a thousand year old Armenian church in Ani. Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Omer Celik, has become the first senior Turkish official to pronounce the word “Armenian” in connection...
View ArticleNew DNA Study On The Origins of The First Civilizations of Greece Reveals...
Some of Europe’s earliest traces of civilization are found in modern Greece along the Aegean sea. During the Bronze Age, two prominent archaeological cultures emerged in the Aegean. The culture of the...
View ArticleJeweled gun of Sultan Mahmud I by Hovhannes Agha Düz (1732-1733)
Armenian jewelers, just as in the Russian and Persian empires, were renown in the Ottoman empire. English archaeologist V. Gordon Childe in his work ‘New Light on the Most Ancient East’ describes that...
View ArticleThe Milk Revolution: How people from the Armenian Plateau brought milk to Europe
The Armenian Highlands have been an important center of early human technological and agricultural inventions. Situated at the crossroads between Europe, Middle East and Asia it served as a geographic...
View ArticleA New Study Reveals 8000 Years of Genetic Continuity in Armenia
That the Armenians are an indigenous people of the Armenian Highlands has already been well established by prominent studies in the field of genetics. Haber et. al. (2015) for example could not find...
View ArticleOld Depictions of Armenian Life
Here is another series of beautiful old illustrations and paintings of Armenians and Armenian life, that I have collected over time. There are many similar posts on this blog and I’ll continue to share...
View ArticleArmenian atlas sold for $37,500 at an Auction in New York
This beautiful atlas was created by Hovhannes Amira Dadian from the Armenian Mekhitarist monastery located on the Venetian island of San Lazzaro in 1849. This is the first atlas in the Armenian...
View ArticlePrints of Armenians from the Dutch national museum
The Dutch national museum has recently digitized and published much of their collection to online audiences. So I decided to look for old prints of Armenian life and discovered some very interesting...
View ArticleOld Armenian Bible Covers
Armenia holds some of the worlds oldest illuminated manuscripts. I’ve came across quite a few online and what struck me perhaps the most is that the covers of these manuscripts are absolutely stunning...
View ArticleAncient Egyptians were closer to Armenians than to Africans; a new genetics...
A recent study sheds light on the age old question “who were the ancient Egyptians?” A team of international scientists from the University of Tuebingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of...
View ArticleNever Again: A brief chronology of the Armenian Genocide
In honor of the 102th Armenian Genocide commemoration I present this short video of the chronology of the Armenian Genocide. As we remember the past let us make sure that this will Never Again happen....
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