EXCAVATIONS IN TIGRANAKERT START IN JUNE

Panorama.am
18:47 01/04/2008

This year the excavations in Tigranakert will start in June and will
last till August, said Hamlet Petrosyan, the head of the excavation
group and the PHD of the Sciences National Academy.

By the financial support of the NKR and "Yerkir" unity this is the
third year the excavations continue in Tigranakert. This year the
president of the NKR Bako Sahakyan promised to provide 30 million
drams.

According to him the excavations resulted in the founding the details
of such powerful and cultural city. He added that the foundation
of Tigranakert opens quite a new page in the cultural history of
Armenians coming from ancient times.