ARMENIANS IS AMONG FIRST NATIONS ENGAGED IN HORSE BREEDING FOR MILITARY PURPOSES

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
11.06.2009 20:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenians is among first nations engaged in horse
breeding for military purposes Evidence is found in archeological
excavations on the territory of Shengavit and the village of Nor Naver
(Armenia), Hakob Simonyan, director of the Research and Development
Center of Cultural and Historical Heritage, told a press conference
on June 11.

Archeologists have managed to excavate seven toms with bones and
pictures of horses, proving their intensive cultivation. Archeological
finds are dated at 25-20 centuries B.C., the period when the statehood
had already been established in Armenia.

"Evidence is found, that Armenians is among first nations engaged in
horse breeding and particularly thanks to ancient Armenians several
breeds of horses were created," Hakob Simonyan said.

Armenia’s ministry of culture allocated AMD 31 million last year to
implement the "Origin of ancient civilizations and early statehood in
Armenia" program, one third of that amount must cover archeological
excavations on the territory of Armenia.