Prehistoric Armenia

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Tigranes the Great's Empire

The prehistory of Armenia means the first people in the land of Armenia.

The first excavations in Armenia, were by Russian in 1876, brought to light a burial-ground near Dilijan in which were prehistoric (before history) graves. Jacques de Morgan in 1887-89 dug up 576 graves around Alaverdi and Akhatala, on the Tiflis-Alexandropol railway line.

Prehistoric Armenia Media

• A ground of the Metzamor Observatory.jpg

  A ground of the Metsamor Observatory (28th-26th centuries B.C., District of Armavir)

• Zorats Karer 2008, part of the stone circle.jpg

  Bronze Age burial site Zorats Karer (also known as Karahunj).

Other websites

• Prehistoric Sites in Northern Armenia
• World archaeologists have an avid interest in prehistoric Armenia Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine