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URARTIANS WERE FAMILIAR WITH LUXURIOUS LIFE - FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGIST
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June 28, 2012 | 14:09
YEREVAN. - The Armenian-French joint archaeological excavation team,
which carried out diggings at the citadel of the ancient Urartian
Erebuni Fortress located in Armenia's capital city Yerevan, summed
up the results of the first phase of its activities during a press
conference on Thursday.
"Erebuni" Historical & Archaeological Museum-Reserve Director Gagik
Gyurjyan noted that the Soviet-era archaeological research conducted
at the site was carried out with certain hurriedness and many questions
referring to the Fortress' architecture are being answered only today.
In their turn, the French expedition team's leader Stephane Deschamps
and member Francois Fichet de Clairfontaine thoroughly presented
the results of the Armenian-French archaeological diggings which had
commenced on June 5.
The specialists stressed in particular that the excavations will
help bring into surface around a century-long time period, whose
understanding will enable to write this chapter in Armenia's history.
Also, they highlighted that life in the Fortress still continued
after the fall of the Kingdom of Urartu.
And in response to the news reporters' query as to what kind of life
Erebuni's residents led, Deschamps half-jokingly said:
"Judging from the pottery discovered at the Fortress, we can say that
the Urartians were familiar with the luxurious life; they had taste
[and] loved to drink wine or beer."
From: A. Papazian
news.am
June 28, 2012 | 14:09
YEREVAN. - The Armenian-French joint archaeological excavation team,
which carried out diggings at the citadel of the ancient Urartian
Erebuni Fortress located in Armenia's capital city Yerevan, summed
up the results of the first phase of its activities during a press
conference on Thursday.
"Erebuni" Historical & Archaeological Museum-Reserve Director Gagik
Gyurjyan noted that the Soviet-era archaeological research conducted
at the site was carried out with certain hurriedness and many questions
referring to the Fortress' architecture are being answered only today.
In their turn, the French expedition team's leader Stephane Deschamps
and member Francois Fichet de Clairfontaine thoroughly presented
the results of the Armenian-French archaeological diggings which had
commenced on June 5.
The specialists stressed in particular that the excavations will
help bring into surface around a century-long time period, whose
understanding will enable to write this chapter in Armenia's history.
Also, they highlighted that life in the Fortress still continued
after the fall of the Kingdom of Urartu.
And in response to the news reporters' query as to what kind of life
Erebuni's residents led, Deschamps half-jokingly said:
"Judging from the pottery discovered at the Fortress, we can say that
the Urartians were familiar with the luxurious life; they had taste
[and] loved to drink wine or beer."
From: A. Papazian