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Stepanavan region
River Dzoraget of Stepanavan Stepanavan is a beautiful town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The area of present Stepanavan was inhabited since the ancient times and was the focus of an early...
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Ancient Armenian silver Goblet (7th-6th century BC.)
Silver Armenian golblet, Lori Berd 7th-6th centuries BC. – Museum of the History of Armenia, Yerevan
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Ancient Armenian bowl made of gold (17th. – 16th. century BC.)
Golden Armenian bowl with depiction of lions, 17th-16th centuries BC – Vanadzor (Kirovakan) – Museum of the History of Armenia, Yerevan
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General Mushegh (4th century)
On the efforts of General Mushegh for the return of Armenian land to Arsacid rule from Persians and various rebels. “But the brave general sparapet (commander-in-chief) of Armenia was full of...
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Images from ‘Forgotten in the forests of Armenia’
Matosavank, 12th century is small church hidden in a forested area of Dilijan National Park. The church is currently in ruins and is difficult to find Yerits Mankants Monastery, 17th century –...
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Noah´s ark in the Mountains of Armenia
Depiction of Noah’s ark landing on the mountains of Armenia, from the North French Hebrew Miscellany (13th century) The Book of Genesis speaks of mountains of Ararat where Noah’s Ark came to rest after...
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Armenian Prayer Scroll – 1655
Armenian Prayer Scroll or Amulet with St. Sargis on horseback, Constantinople, 1655.
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Ancestors of Christ – Toros Roslin 1262
Ancestors of Christ, Armenian manuscript (Toros Roslin 1262)
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Armenian alphabet in the 1486 German travelogue
The Armenian alphabet in the 1486 German travelogue “Peregrinatio in terram sanctam.”, the alphabet is missing the letter “o.”
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13th century wall painting – Saghamosavank Monastery
Paintings of the matenadaran, Saghmosavank, Armenia (13th century).
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New discoveries in Armenian Highland
Recent discoveries in historic Armenia reveal traces of earliest civilizations. Turkish archaeologists recently found a wealth of artifacts in Başur Höyük, Siirt in modern day Turkey (Aghdznik...
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Tigranes the Great, 140–55 BC
Tigranes II “the Great” (95-56 B.C.), Kingdom of Armenia, Silver Tetradrachm, Diadem and draped bust of Tigranes II facing right, wearing an Armenian tiara ornamented with a star between two eagles. On...
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13th century Maps of the World
13th century maps of the world showing Noah’s ark in the mountains of Armenia Noahs ark in the mountains of Armenia depicted on the 13th century worldmap, Ebstorfer mappamundi. The Ebstorf mappamundi...
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Saint Mesrop Mashtots
One of the greatest figures in Armenian history, he was born about 361 at Hassik in the Province of Taron; died at Valarsabad, 441. He was the son of Vartan of the family of the Mamikonians. Koryun,...
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Origins of Jerusalem cross
Armenian cross-stone on 4th century monastery Geghard. The Cross is arguably the most familiar symbol of Christianity, but nowhere is this iconography as crucial or culture-entrenched, as it is in...
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