EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF KARABAKH MOVEMENT OPENS IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.02.2009 16:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ An exhibition dedicated to 21st anniversary of
Karabakh Movement opened in the National Architecture Museum-Institute
in Yerevan on Feb. 20.

The exhibition featured photographs, maps and other archeological
findings from excavations made within the last 5 years in Shushi,
Khandaberd church and Tigranakert.

All 3 historical monuments are situated in the liberated territories
and serve as a striking proof of 2000 years of Armenian culture there.

Shushi excavations resulted in a discovery of tombs, which proved
assertions about Shushi plateau having been peopled even in 2nd
century B.C. Medieval monuments of Armenian origin dating back to
the XII century were discovered in the same region.

As a result of researches made on the territory of Khadaberd church,
accurate descriptions of Mongolian invasions were discovered. After
3 years of archeological excavations, specialists uncovered a part
of а pinion wall, carved inside a cliff, as well as fragments of
basilica situated in the same region.

The exhibition to last till the end of March was organized with the
assistance of Armenian Ministry of Culture, Institute of Archeology
and Ethnography under RA National Academy of Sciences.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress