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. By the end of the 10th century, Ani was a typical medieval city with a citadel and su [...]
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, making Armenia the first country to officially adopt Christianity. In 303, the Armenian spiritua [...]
In 331 BC, the Achaemenid Empire collapsed with the victory of Alexander the Great. Armenia became independent and split into two kingdoms: Greater Armenia (Armenia Major) and Lesser Armenia (Armenia Minor). In 201 BC, Artashes I declared the independence of Greater Armenia and founded t [...]
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. In 550 BC, Armenia came under the rule of Achaemenid Persia. The culture of Armenia in the 6th-4th centuries BC represents a rich layering of [...]
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, came down to the historic scene in the Armenian Highlands. The Urartians called their country Biainili. Urartu is mentioned in the Bible as the kingd [...]
The Iron Age in the region begins with the development of ironworking and the widespread use of iron objects. From the 13th century BC, a gradual decrease in population is observed in a number of settlements and burial mounds. Fortresses and settlements are abandoned, but a significant i [...]
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. The concentration of the population in settlements is noticeable, indicating the emergence of relatively [...]
For the study of the history, culture, socio-economic and spiritual life, crafts, art, everyday life, inter-territorial relations and interactions of the first half of the 2nd millennium BC in the Armenian Highlands, the powerful and diverse archaeological and cultural centres of Trialet [...]
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. It occupied a vast territory, including the Armenian Highlands and adjacent regions. The main centre of this culture was the Ararat Valley. Exca [...]
This exhibition presents an exceptional selection of about one thousand finds from archeological excavations that started more than 125 years ago and continue nowadays on the territory of Armenia (Satani Dar, Jraber, Kurtan, Metsavan, Aratashen, Masis, Dashtadem, Lusakert, etc). The Exhi [...]