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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 n
Bronze Age burial site Zorats Karer (also known as Karahunj)
Petroglyphs with images of various animals on Mount Ughtasar
Behistun Inscription of Darius I mentioning Armenia. 6th century BC.
Coin of Tigranes the Great
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Armenians are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia. Armenians constitute the main demographic group in Armenia and constituted the main population of the breakaway Republi
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…Faustus of Byzantium, Ghazar Parpetsi, Koryun, and Sebeos. The name has traditionally been derived from Hayk (Հայկ), the legendary patriarch of the Armenians and a great-great-grandson of Noah, who, according to the 5th-century AD author Movsis Khorenatsi, defeated the Babylonian king Bel in 2492 BC and…
Hayk, the legendary founder of the Armenian nation. Painting by Mkrtum Hovnatanian (1779–1846)
An Armenian tribute bearer carrying a metal vessel with griffin handles. Persepolis, 5th century BC.
A bas-relief at the Apadana in Persepolis, depicting Armenians bringing their famous wine to the Shah.
Ptolemy, Cosmographia (1467)