Giant stone monuments older than Stonehenge were built by an ancient ‘water cult’, archaeologists say - It remains a mystery ...

For instance, fish-shaped stones dominate the highest elevations, near natural springs fed by melting snow. Whereas ...

Archeologists say they have finally cracked the 6,000-year-old mystery of Armenia’s “dragon stones" – massive carved monoliths scattered across high-altitude volcanic slopes and pastures where no ...

The Khor Virap Monastery, located south-east of Yerevan, offers a famous photo setting: The holy Mount Ararat, the peak where Noah's Ark is said to have touched land after the Biblical great flood.

Birthright Armenia aims to strengthen ties between the homeland and Diasporan youth by affording them an opportunity to be a part of Armenia’s daily life and to contribute to Armenia’s development ...

Archeologists have discovered the easternmost Roman aqueduct in the ancient world in Armenia. The aqueduct was unfinished, and likely the product of a brief period in the second century CE of direct ...

In the mountains of eastern Armenia, about 75 miles north of the capital Yerevan, motal means change. "Motal cheese is like a business card for our region," says Arpine Gyuluman, who owns Getik Bed ...

The Armenian documenting the ancient cross-stones scattered across the farmland and forests of his home country. Sevak Arevshatian has never stepped foot outside Armenia, but the history enthusiast ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey has launched a project to conserve an ancient Armenian cathedral and church in what is seen as a gesture of reconciliation toward its neighbor. Turkey and Armenia have ...

WATERTOWN — When celebrating Vartavar, there is no such thing as a no-splash zone. Everyone gets wet. That’s the point of this ancient and joyous Armenian custom: to get drenched and, in turn, drench ...

In the highlands of Armenia, archaeologists have discovered the grave of an injured woman who died during the Iron Age. Based on the wounds to her skeleton, she may have been the kind of Amazon ...

Archaeologists have discovered remains of a Roman arched aqueduct during excavation work on the Hellenistic royal city of Artashat-Artaxata in ancient Armenia. It is the easternmost arched aqueduct in ...