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Archeological Tours
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Armenia is one of the most ancient countries in the world. It is not surprising that artifacts found during archaeological excavations were appraised by experts to date back more than 2 million years, attesting to the fact that the Armenian highlands could be looked upon as one of the origins of human creation. Remnants of the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, megalithic buildings cut in stone, rock paintings and carvings, tomb fields, and fortified settlements stand as witnesses to the 10,000 years of Armenia’s history. In the Ararat valley one comes across the remnants of the Medzamor Bronze and Iron Age settlements ¾ symbols of early urban civilization in Armenia. Another historical settlement is the ancient city and citadel of Erebouni, which is 2,788 years old and the earlier name of the current city of Yerevan, capital of Armenia. All of these stand as the cradle of Armenian Civilization and validate that the inhabitants of this land were one of the first known to forge bronze and the first to smelt iron; they also were the first recorded astronomers to create a solar calendar; the first to devise the compass and to picture the world as round. |
