Excavations to prove Armenian traces in Karabakh
20.07.2009 17:45
Lena Badeyan
Radiolur
While the world powers and politicians are trying to resolve the Karabakh issue, historians and archeologists are trying to prove that the territory has been originally Armenian. The Armenian specialists reached the greatest success in 2005, when they found one of the four Tigranakert cities founded by Armenian King Tigran the Great on the liberated land of Aghdam, to the southeast of Martaket region.
For me this is Troy, this is how I would assess it. We continue finding different items here, but its not the most important. Whats important is that the city once existed here, said Vardges Safaryan, member of the Tigranakert expedition, assessing the political and historical essence of the diggings.
The two main walls and the towels of the Hellenic city have been discovered. The city was founded in the 80s B.C. and survived through the 15th century, about 1 500 years. That is whey here we have not only Hellenic monuments, but also Christian ones. We have discovered an Armenian church built in 5-7th centuries, where we found one of the most interesting items last year a clay disk-like item with an engraving: Me, Vache, the slave of God. This inscription dates back to the 6-7th centuries and it is the most ancient Armenian inscription found on the land of Karabakh up to now, Vardges Safaryan said.
The authorities of Nagorno Karabakh also attach great importance to the excavations of Tigranakert and the government has been financing the works for about two years.
Public Radio of Armenia
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