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| 19.07.2010 |
Biggest jug in Artsakh discovered in Tigranakert |
A huge, antique jug with a snake image painted on it was excavated in the town of Tigranakert, Artsakh 10 days ago. The jug is the biggest one discovered in Artsakh, with more than 600 liter capacity. It will be installed at Tigranakert Museum.
Besides the valuable jug, copper jewelry, coins, taps of animal-shaped vessels and other things were discovered in Tigranakert.
The searches for antique tomb field in Tigranakert were crowned with success. There are two points where jugs had been buried. A flask was discovered during excavations and it is also displayed at Tigranakert Museum.
Mighty town was opened under the ground. Its northern wall is 120 meters long and 5 meters high in some places, pecked, with swallowtail bundles. Similar walls only appeared in the Hellenic epoch throughout Transcaucasus.
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| 29.06.2010 |
System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian to sing in Yerevan |
The System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, of Armenian descent, will give a solo concert in Yerevan on August 12.
Serj Tankian will be accompanied by 6 band members and Armenian musicians. He will perform his new and old songs and is likely to sing in Armenian.
The System of a Down frontman will visit Armenia as part of his “Elect the Dead Symphony” tour.
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| 21.06.2010 |
Armenian inscriptions found in Saint Sophia cathedral |
Next year Saint Sophia cathedral in Kiev will mark its 1000th anniversary. In 1990 Sophia cathedral became the first monument in Ukraine to be included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO, RFE/RL reported.
In 1970s Armenian inscriptions left by ancient communities of Armenian merchants and militaries were discovered on the cathedral’s walls. Armenians would probably hold religious ceremonies in the southern part of the cathedral, where the inscriptions were found.
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| 07.06.2010 |
Museum of Tigranakert opened in Nagorno-Karabakh |
An archeological museum of Tigranakert opened in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Tigranakert was one of the four cities founded by Armenian Emperor Tigranes the Great in different territories of the Armenian highland in the 1st century B.C. It was one of 4 cities in Armenia named Tigranakert.
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| 31.05.2010 |
Winner of Eurovision 2010 |
Representative of Germany Lena has been recognized the winner of “Eurovision 2010” 55th international song contest with her “Satellite” song, gathering 246 points. Turkey, Romania, Denmark and Azerbaijan are in the best five.
Representative of Armenia Eva Rivas has taken the 7th place with 141 points.
Representatives of 25 countries – Azerbaijan, Spain, Norway, Moldova, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Serbia, Belarusia, Ireland, Greece, Great Britain, Georgia, Turkey, Albania, Iceland, Ukraine, France, Rumania, Russia, Armenia, Germany, Portugal, Israel and Dania, have performed in the final.
According to the rules of the contest, “Eurovision 2011” will be conducted in the winning country.
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| 12.05.2010 |
Gary Kesayan’s music to be performed in Yerevan on May 15 |
On May 15, Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet National Academic Theater will host a concert of Gary Keosayan’s music. The composer’s jazz, as well as classic compositions, including the symphony for the theatrical production of The 40 Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel, will be performed during the concert. The Armenian Youth State Orchestra conducted by Sergey Smbatyan will take the stage with the composer.
The first album of the composer – For You, which was issued in 1998, became the best jazz album of the year, while the composer was named the best jazz musician of the US.
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| 07.05.2010 |
Leiden University hosts “Armenians: Ancient Christianity in a Young Country” exhibit |
“Armenians: Ancient Christianity in a Young Country” exhibit opened in Leiden University (Netherlands) on May 6, 2010.
The exhibit dedicated to the 350th anniversary of Armenian book printing in Amsterdam will feature Armenian manuscripts and printings, including an 11th century parchment. The University possesses 65 manuscripts, 57 of which were conveyed during a massacre in Cilicia to Englishman Rendel Harris, who later on became the rector of Leiden University.
“Creation of Armenian letters in the 5th century was a stimulus for development of Armenian culture and spread of Christianity,” Armenia’s honorary consul in the Hague Arshak Manukian said in his opening remarks.
The exhibit will be open till July 31.
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