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ANI: “BAGRATIDS’ WORLD RENOWNED CAPITAL. HIGH MIDDLE AGES (10TH-14TH CENTURIES)
In 885, Armenia’s independent statehood was restored. When Ashot I Bagratid was proclaimed King of Armenia in the city of Bagaran and Ani became the capital of Armenia in 961, the city building started …
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CHRISTIAN ARMENIA. EARLY MIDDLE AGES (4TH-10TH CENTURIES)
The 4th century was marked by two important historical events in the life of the Armenian people. In 301, during the reign of King Tiridates III, Christianity was declared the state religion …
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POWER AND BEAUTY: ANTIQUE ARMENIA. ANTIQUITY (4TH CENTURY BC – 3RD CENTURY AD)
In 331 BC, the Achaemenid Empire collapsed with the victory of Alexander the Great. Armenia became independent …
ARMENIA IN THE 6TH-4TH CENTURIES BC. THE ORONTIDS (YERVANDIDS) (6TH-4TH CC. BC)
In the first quarter of the 6th century BC, the territories of the collapsed Van Kingdom were united into the pan-Armenian state of the Orontids …
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THE KINGDOM OF GODS: URARTU/BIAINILI. URARTU. THE KINGDOM OF VAN 9TH – 6TH CC. BC
In the middle of the 9th century BC, one of the most powerful states of the ancient Near East, known from Assyrian inscriptions as Urartu …
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IRON AGE. EARLY IRON AGE (12TH-9TH CC. BC)
The Iron Age in the region begins with the development of ironworking and the widespread use of iron objects …
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BRONZE AGE: THROUGH REALITY AND MYTHS. LATE BRONZE AGE (15TH-13TH CC. BC)
The second half of the 2nd millennium BC corresponds chronologically to the Late Bronze Age. The period is characterised by the construction of a large number of cyclopean fortresses …
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BRONZE AGE: THROUGH REALITY AND MYTHS. MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (23RD-16TH CC. BC)
Cultural centres of Trialeti-Vanadzor, Karmirberd and Sevan-Artsakh, with their rich and luxurious princely tomb complexes and the unique and highly artistic finds discovered …
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BRONZE AGE: THROUGH REALITY AND MYTHS. EARLY BRONZE AGE (35TH-24TH CC. BC)
In the second half of the 4th millennium BC, the Early Bronze Age culture of Armenia, known as the Shengavit and Kura-Araxes cultures, emerged …
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EARLY MAN. THE STONE AGE։ 1 800 000 – 4 000 BC
This exhibition presents an exceptional selection of about one thousand finds from archeological…