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Garegin Nzhdeh, Armenian hero

Freedom fighter, statesman and political thinker General Garegin Nzhdeh (1886-1955) was one of the pivotal figures in the Armenian quest for an independent Armenian nation and a revolutionary leader in...

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Massive Urartian Cemetery Found Under Yerevan

BY ALISA GEVORGYAN Source: Armenian Public Radio Findings at archaeological site in Armenia could shed light on a number of questions YEREVAN—A massive cemetery found as a result of three years of...

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Secrets of the Kingdom of Van emerging from Armenian soil!

A large residence of the viceroy of the king of Urartu in Karmir Blur -Armenia is starting to emerge from the ground, revealing long lost secrets of an ancient Armenian kingdom. 9th century BC. Urartu...

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Armenia: The Forgotten Paradise

Bellow the text that was used in the video including parts that didn’t made it into the video and a selection of maps of terrestrial Paradise: The Biblical account of the garden of Eden has for long...

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Lord Byron quote about Armenia

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Old Prints with Armenian themes

Print of Armenian Monastery at Venice in Italy 1838   View of Pera the Armenian quarter of Constantinople Istanbul 1838 print.   Print of Armenian emigrants in Russia 1838 Print of Armenian College of...

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Illustrations of Armenians of the 19th century

Armenian lady at Constantinople, William Page 1823   Wealthy Armenian by Louis Dupre (1789-1837)   An Armenian Woman by William Page ca. 1816-1824 Armenian Ladies (At Home) by Van-Lennep, Henry John,...

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his favorite Armenian attire

A 1766 portrait of Rousseau wearing an Armenian costume by Allan Ramsay. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a social philosopher, moralist, writer, and composer of the 18th-century....

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Armenia was the center of the World according to ancient Greeks

” The Armenian plateau stands equidistant from the Euxine and the Caspianseas on the north, and between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean on the south. “With the first it is connected by the...

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Ani, city of 1001 churches

Some thousand years ago, the old Armenian capital Ani rivaled the likes of Constantinople, Baghdad and Cairo in size and influence. Historically Ani has been an Armenian settlement from the times...

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Asia in the Form of Pegasus

This is an interesting map, one of the earliest maps in the form of an animal (or a human). This map as it is quit creative. Armenia is situated at the brains of the Pegasus. Title: Asia Secunda Pars...

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The Forgotten hero: Captain Jim Chankalian

Captain Jim Chankalian was promoted to captain in the U.S. Army for his service during the Spanish-American War in 1898, and later with great success and honors he participated in the Armenian...

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Extremely Rare Armenian Coin

Rare Armenian coin Kiurike I the Kouropalates (979-989 AD.) This is a very rare Armenian coin as it is the earliest example of coinage inscribed with Armenian writing. This coin is struck during reign...

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Map of the World by Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c. AD)

World map according to Claudius Ptolemy, an astronomer, geographer, mathematician and astrologer who lived from 90 – 168 AD.  This map is part of Cosmography compiled in its entirety in 1467 in...

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Erebuni 782 BCE

Ruins of the Erebuni fortress After the unification of the Nairi states by Arame (858 BC–844 BC), historic Armenia known to Assyrians as Urartu became one of the mighty states of the Ancient East....

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Ancient Armenian cities as recorded by the Greeks and Romans

King Aram with His Child Ara the Handsome, by Rubik Kocharian, 2014 Armenia was well known to classical Greek and Roman writers who on occasion made personal journeys to Armenia describing some of its...

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Mount Ararat by Ilya Nikolaevich Zankovsky (1832-1919)

The Russian artist Ilya Nikolaevich Zankovsky has created a great amount of paintings with Ararat during his travels in the Caucasus.  Here are some of them. Ilya Nikolaevich Zankovsky, view of mount...

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Noravank Monastery

Noravank Monastery 13th century – Armenia Noravank (meaning “New Monastery”) is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu river. The gorge is...

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True Story of a Real life Superhero: Shavarsh Karapetyan

Shavarsh Karapetyan 17 times world champion finswimmer, 13 times European champion and 7 times Soviet champion.  Eleven-time World Record-breaker. This remarkable man has a fascinating history of...

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Armenia, the Land of Noah : Full Documentary

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