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Download QR code ; Print/export ... inventions and discoveries made by ethnic Armenians, including those not born or living in modern-day Armenia and those of partial ...
The Aragats Mountain slopes, where Stone Age sites have been identified.. Archaeology in Armenia has revealed many significant historical findings. Armenia is rich in Bronze Age sites and several Stone Age sites were recently identified on the slopes of the Aragats Mountain and are currently being excavated by Armenian and international teams.
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an Armenian church dating back almost 2,000 years, making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world ...
Mesrop Mashtots – invented the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity; Soukias Manasserian – engineer and inventor; Karen Manvelyan – biologist and environmentalist, director of the World Wildlife Fund in Armenia
In 2008, Armenian PhD student and archeologist Diana Zardaryan of the country's Institute of Archaeology discovered the earliest known shoe at the site. [4] In January 2011, the earliest known winery in the world was uncovered in the cave. [5] Later, in September 2011, the discovery of a straw skirt dating to 3,900 years BCE was reported. [6]
The diverse landscape of the Armenian Highland was exceptionally favorable for the habitation of hominids of the Paleolithic Homo species.Here the necessary raw materials for the creation of stone tools were available: andesite, dacite, obsidian, as well as a rich variety of hunting animals and vegetable food, including wide variety of poaceae family plants, countless fresh springs, rivers and ...
Archaeological surveys in 2010 and 2011 have resulted in the discovery of the world's earliest known leather shoe (3,500 BC), straw skirt (3,900 BC), and wine-making facility (4,000 BC) at the Areni-1 cave complex. [17] [18] [19] A 5500-year-old leather shoe—the oldest shoe in the world—was discovered in the Areni cave in Armenia. See Areni ...
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