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    ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT VISITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN ARTASHAT AND SHENGAVIT (PHOTO)

    http://news.am/eng/news/126770.html
    October 31, 2012 | 13:52

    YEREVAN.- Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan visited excavation site
    of Artashat, one the ancient Armenian capitals and the territory of
    early Bronze Age settlement in Shengavit (PHOTO).

    Representative of Archeology and Ethnography Institute Zhores
    Khachatryan told reporters the excavation works located about 15
    kilometers far from modern Artashat resumed in 2003. The capital was
    located on Arks River bank, present day zone bordering with Turkey.

    "The Temple of Apollo built by Artashes in 2nd century BC is of great
    interest. Temple is one of the capital buildings constructed under
    the rule of Artashes when Armenia got independence and turned into
    a powerful kingdom," Khachatryan told reporters on Wednesday. He
    informed of baths and 10 rooms discovered during excavatons.

    "In the 1st century AD the church was rebuilt again after Artashat
    was burnt by Roman general Corbulo. King Tiridates I restored the
    temple using 4.5-ton blocks of black marble. The facade of the house
    was 22 meters high and 31 meters long," archeologist said.

    In Shengavit, President inspected the excavations carried out here
    since 2000. A group of archaeologists has already found a building
    for religious services.

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