The Indo-European Origin Myths of the Turks
The Armenian Highlands, also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland or simply Armenia, is the most central and the highest of the three plateaus that together form the...
View ArticleMatsun-Making In The Armenian Highlands Is 5000 Years Old
Milk churn A 5,000-year-old milk – churn was found in Amasia in Western Armenia. The churn made 5000 years ago in the Bronze Age has a length of 30 cm. Rings for suspension ropes are also preserved. In...
View ArticleManifest Destiny in the History of the US
JERUSALEM – In response to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, the Palestinian National Authority has announced that it will recognize Texas as a state of...
View ArticleReturn of the Caucasian Leopard
The Persian leopard, also known as the Caucasian leopard is a leopard population in the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. The Persian leopard was previously considered a distinct...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: 28 Indigenous Rights Defenders Murdered in Latin America in 2019
As we enter 2020, Cultural Survival remembers 28 courageous Indigenous human rights and environmental defenders who were murdered in 2019 in the Latin American countries where we do our work. We invite...
View ArticleAncient Armenian Depiction of Dance
Armenian Rock Art Research Academy – Local Sites Ughtasar: The Petroglyphs of Armenia Rock Carvings of Armenia Armenian National Dances Rock-art in Armenia began in the Neolithic period, reaching its...
View ArticleThe Muslim Scholar Ibn Battuta
The title of “history’s most famous traveler” usually goes to Marco Polo, the great Venetian wayfarer who visited China in the 13th century. For sheer distance covered, however, Polo trails far behind...
View ArticleArmenian Carpets: Past, Present, Future
It is still unknown when the carpets were used first, but some archeologists proved that they appeared in 2-1 millennium BC. Traditionally, since ancient times, the carpets and tufted rugs were used...
View ArticleAncient Kingdom of Lydia Has Re-Appeared to Haunt Armenia
Lydian International and its Armenian subsidiary are making national headlines in Armenia regarding the highly controversial Amulsar gold mine, which is expected to resume operations after the...
View ArticleConcerning the Western Steppe Herder (WSH)
Western Steppe Herders – Wikipedia Armenians is the original people in the Armenian Highland. Armenians traditionally lived not only on the territory of the modern nation of Armenia, which today is...
View ArticleThe Rosette Symbol
A rosette is a round, stylized flower design, used extensively in sculptural objects from antiquity. Appearing in Mesopotamia and used to decorate the funeral stele in Ancient Greece. Adopted later in...
View ArticleArmenian Churches
Armenian Churches Echmiadzin Grigor Lusavorich Khor Virap Tatev Haghartsin St. Thaddeus Dadivank Hagbat Geghard Karapet – Noravank St. Astvatsatsin – Noravank Ashtarak Hripsime Gayane Varak Akdamar...
View ArticleAnimals in Armenia
Because of Turkifization Turkey has removed the Armenian nams of places and animals – what is Armenian cat they call Turkish. Aralez Armenian mythology creature-kinocefal (dog-heads), that were licking...
View ArticleManifest Destiny in the History of the US
Armenia will perhaps move closer to the US – not so much because of the Armenian government but because of the Armenian population – like all the rest of the world population many are looking up to the...
View ArticleThe cycle of death and rebirth – creation and transformation
Samsara is a 2011 American non-narrative documentary film of international imagery directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated on Baraka (1992), a film of a similar...
View ArticleOperation Ring
Operation Ring, known in Azerbaijan as the Chaykend Operation, was the codename for the May 1991 military operation conducted by Soviet Internal Security Forces and OMON units in the Armenian...
View ArticleThe Concept of Western Azerbaijan
Pan-Turkism is a political movement which emerged during the 1880s among Turkic intellectuals of the Russian region of Shirvan (now central Azerbaijan) and the Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey). The...
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