The Church of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar Island is one of the most notable monuments of medieval Armenian architecture. It was built during the heyday of the Kingdom of Vaspurakan and is associated with the name of Gagik Artsruni.
Ani became the capital of the Bagratuni kingdom in 961 under Ashot III, and under Gagik I it grew into one of the largest cities of the Near East. We tell the story of the architect Trdat and the construction of the Cathedral, completed in 1001.
Tigranes II the Great was the most famous king of the Artaxiad dynasty, under whom Greater Armenia became one of the most influential states in Western Asia. The article presents his accession to the throne, the unification of the Armenian lands, and his territorial expansion.
Introduction At the end of the 12th century, there was no statehood of its own in Eastern Armenia. The Bagratuni kingdom had fallen long ago, Ani was in the hands of the Shaddadid emirs, and a part of the Armenian nobility had migrated to Georgia and was serving at the Georgian court. It was from the environment of this migrated nobility that came th...
Introduction There are few episodes in the history of Armenia that are repeated so often and examined so little. The sentence "Hannibal built Artashat" is found in textbooks, travel guides, and hundreds of articles. But when we turn to the primary sources, the picture is much more...
In the Adıyaman province of southeastern Turkey, at an altitude of 2134 meters above sea level, there is a bare and rocky peak. There is neither water nor trees there, and no reason for a person to climb it. And right there, two thousand years ago, a king decided to build his eternal home. Today, on that peak, weighing tens of tons...
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