Movses Khorenatsi
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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
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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).
Ughtasar Petroglyphs, These petroglyphs, some believed to date back to the Paleolithic (12,000 BCE), are carved onto dark brownish-black volcanic stones left behind by an extinct volcano.
Shengavit Settlement.
A 5500-year-old leather shoe, the oldest shoe in the world, was discovered in the Areni cave in Armenia.