Movses Khorenatsi was a prominent Armenian historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians.
A painting of Movses Khorenatsi by Hovnatan Hovnatanian (1730–1801)
Movses depicted in a 14th-century Armenian manuscript.
A bust of Khorenatsi at the Matenadaran
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and financial center.
Bronze Age burial site Zorats Karer (also known as Karahunj).
Behistun Inscription of Darius I mentioning Armenia. 6th century BC
The pagan Garni Temple, probably built in the first century, is the only "Greco-Roman colonnaded building" in the post-Soviet states.
The Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's Mother Church traditionally dated 303 AD, is considered the oldest cathedral in the world.