The international conference entitled “Metsamorian Readings-2” started at Metsamor Historical-Archeological Museum-Reserve on Wednesday morning. Then the temporary exhibition of “The Gold of Metsamor”, which is implemented within the framework of “The Secret of the Land” program of the Armenian Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, kicked off, the Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reserves SNCO reported.

One of the largest collections of archaeological gold in Armenia, discovered as a result of regular excavations from the 1960s to the present day, is on display at the exhibition “The Gold of Metsamor”. The pendants made of gold plate, beads, decorative buttons, necklace, fibulas and other artefacts are included in the collection. Museum artefacts made of agate, cornelian, sardonyx, amber are also on display. A one and a half turn spiral hairpin gold is very unique which has been found in Armenia.

The international conference entitled “Metsamorian Readings” is dedicated to the results of the excavations carried out in Metsamor archeological site in 2017-2021.

Ashot Piliposyan, scientific secretary of the Protection Service SNCO, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Pavel Avetisyan, Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Hayk Avetisyan, Head of Chair, Doctor of History, Professor / Chair of Archaeology and Ethnography, were among the conference speakers.