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Armenian bole, also known as bolus armenus or bole armoniac, is an earthy clay, usually red, native to Armenia but also found in other places. The term Armenian was later referred to a specific quality of the clay. Originally used in medication, it has also been used as a pigment, as a poliment or base for gilding, and for other uses. [1]
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 ...
The other types of clay that were famous in antiquity were as follows. Terra chia, Terra cymolia (Cimolean earth): these were both white earths and considered of great value. Samian earth: Pliny in c. 50 AD (Nat. Hist.) details two distinct varieties, colyrium - an eye salve, and aster, which was used as a soap as well as in medicines.
Tuff is used extensively in Armenia and Armenian architecture. [59] It is the dominant type of stone used in construction in Armenia's capital Yerevan, [60] [61] Gyumri, Armenia's second largest city, and Ani, the country's medieval capital, now in Turkey. [62] A small village in Armenia was renamed Tufashen (literally "village of tuff") in ...
Recent studies have shown that Armenians are indigenous to the Armenian Highlands and form a distinct genetic isolate in the region. [5] Analyses of mitochondrial ancient DNA of skeletons from Armenia and Artsakh spanning 7,800 years, including DNA from Neolithic, Bronze Age, Urartian, classical and medieval Armenian skeletons, [6] have revealed that modern Armenians have the least genetic ...
The Armenian highlands ( Armenian: Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ, romanized : Haykakan leṙnašxarh; also known as the Armenian upland, Armenian plateau, or Armenian tableland) [ 2] is the most central and the highest of the three plateaus that together form the northern sector of West Asia. [ 2] Clockwise starting from the west, the ...
The first Arab invasion under the leadership of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah devastates the region of Taron . 642. Arabs storm the city of Dvin killing 12,000 its inhabitants and taking 35,000 into slavery . 645. Theodorus Rshtuni and other Armenian nakharars accepted Muslim rule over Armenia. 650.
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 ...