Ruins at Metsamor Archaeological Site in Armenia (Illustration)

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Illustration

by James Blake Wiener
published on 15 March 2018

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Ruins at Metsamor Archaeological Site in Armenia — The ruins of the ancient Metsamor Fortress lie to the southwest of Taronik, Armenia. The area was populated from the 5th millennium BC until roughly 1700 CE. Archaeological work on the tombs located at this site began in the 1960s.

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James Blake Wiener

James is a writer and former Professor of History. He holds an MA in World History with a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of Ancient History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.

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Uploaded by James Blake Wiener, published on 15 March 2018 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Wiener, J. B. (2018, March 15). Ruins at Metsamor Archaeological Site in Armenia. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/8334/

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Wiener, James B. "Ruins at Metsamor Archaeological Site in Armenia." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 15, 2018. https://www.ancient.eu/image/8334/.

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Wiener, James B. "Ruins at Metsamor Archaeological Site in Armenia." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2018. Web. 28 Mar 2020.

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