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The following list contains notable inventions and discoveries made by ethnic Armenians, including those not born or living in modern-day Armenia and those of partial Armenian ancestry. List [ edit ]
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.
The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. [1] It is a one-piece leather-hide shoe, the oldest piece of leather footwear in the world known to contemporary researchers.
Armenian, American and Irish archaeologists fully unearthed a large, well-preserved 60-centimetre-deep (2-foot) vat, along with a 1-metre-long (3 ft 3 in) basin made of clay and covered with malvidin. [3] In addition to these discoveries, grape seeds, remains of pressed grapes, prunes, walnuts, and desiccated vines were found.
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.
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
Wine in exile: A pioneer Armenian winemaker's quest to save suppressed wine traditions in Iran 44 years after the Islamic revolution is captured in "SOMM" director Jason Wise's new film "SOMM: Cup ...
Work started on Armenian Estates more than two years ago, but the development has come into sharper focus this summer. Two imposing homes and a pool house stand on the 20-acre lot, which is marked ...