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Amazing find.

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Archaeologists in Armenia Discover an Ancient ‘Golden Tomb’

It's the latest find from a joint Polish and Armenian excavation effort begun in 2013.

Archaeologists at Metsamor, an ancient necropolis in Armenia, have discovered a tomb filled with gold pendants and more than a hundred amber and carnelian beads. Dating to the late Bronze Age (1,300 to 1,200 B.C.E.), the grave also held the remains of a man and a woman, who appear to have be buried at the same time.

“Their death is a mystery to us, we do not know the cause, but everything indicates that they died at the same time, because there are no traces of tomb reopening,” Krzysztof Jakubiak, an archaeology professor at the University of Warsaw, said in a statement.

Laid to rest in an eternal embrace, the couple was buried in a cist, a stone-lined chamber dug into the ground. Believed to have died in their 30s, one wore bronze bracelets, the other a tin wire ring.

The grave also included a wooden burial bed, a faience flask, and about a dozen ceramic vessels. According to researchers, the beads and pendants were originally part of three necklaces, and the flask would have been imported from the Syrian-Mesopotamian borderland.

The research project at the Ararack Valley is a joint effort the Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw and Armenia’s Service for the Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reserves, led by Jakubiak and Ashot Piliposian. The partnership has been ongoing since 2013, according to the Greek publication Archaeology; an exhibition of their findings opened last fall at the Armenian History Museum in nearby Yerevan.

To date, archaeologists have discovered about 100 graves in the cemetery, but the newly found golden tomb is one of the few that were not looted prior to the start of excavations in 1965. The cist graves would have been covered with burial mounds of earth that have eroded over the centuries.

Because the ancient Armenians do not appear to have been illiterate, and left behind no written records, archaeologists know little about Metsamor society. The walled settlement was at its height from 4th to the 2nd millennium B.C.E., with temple complexes surrounding a central fortress.

“It was a very large settlement. Even fortifications made of huge stone blocks have survived to our times, encircling the so-called citadel on the hill,” Jakubiak said. “There was no other settlement in the region that could be compared in terms of importance and size.”

By Sarah Cascone.

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Los arqueólogos han descubierto una panadería de 3.000 años de antigüedad en Metsamor, Armenia, sorprendentemente, todavía alberga varios sacos de harina incrustados en el suelo.

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Turkey has announced that it continues its international efforts to shut down the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia due to the expiration of its operational lifespan and associated security risks. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) Petitions Committee has received petitions from citizens regarding the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, located 16 kilometers from the city of Iğdır in Turkey. These petitions call for preventive measures against the risks posed by the plant. As reported by the Anadolu Agency [Turkish State Media], the committee's response highlighted that a radiation emergency plan has been developed in Iğdır, and Turkey has called on the international community to shut down the plant.

2 Oct 23

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An ongoing joint military exercise involving a comparatively small number of American and Armenian troops at a base in the Yerevan suburbs has caused a paroxysm of rage in the Kremlin. The 11-day joint exercise, dubbed Eagle Partner, will run through July 24 and is intended to boost the “interoperability between the US and Armenia during peacekeeping and stability operations,” according to a report distributed by the US European Command. It isn’t the number of troops involved that have Russian officials in a tizzy, its more about the timing and symbolism of the joint exercise. It is a tangible measure of the progress made by Armenia in its geopolitical pivot away from Russia towards the West following Yerevan’s loss of Nagorno-Karabakh. “You [US and Armenian troops] are at the forefront of an important and growing relationship and partnership, and our nations thank you for your personal commitment toward ensuring peace, security, and prosperity,” US Ambassador to Armenia Kristina Kvien said in remarks made at Eagle Partner’s opening ceremony on July 15. In parallel with the exercise, Armenian media outlet Hetq reported that a resident adviser from the Pentagon will be attached to Armenia’s Ministry of Defense. The adviser’s duties and responsibilities haven’t been publicly disclosed. In addition, the US and Armenia are exploring cooperation on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Armenia. Currently, Russia has a stranglehold on atomic power generation at the Metsamor facility, which has 12 years remaining in its life cycle. In the history of Soviet/Russian diplomacy, the level of vitriol contained in an official statement has often been in inverse proportion to Moscow’s ability to influence its preferred outcome. In the case of Armenia’s rapid embrace of the West, as embodied in Eagle Partner, the vitriol vented by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was up there. She painted the presence of American forces in the Caucasus in dire terms, saying the United States and NATO were intent on upsetting “the fragile balance” in the region and reigniting conflict.

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Suck it up, Russia, this one's on you. Had Russian peacekeepers done their job in Nagorno-Karabakh, Yerevan would still be under Moscow's sway, but Moscow was too busy trying to take over Ukraine.

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Armenia Submits Application to Join Civil Nuclear Technology Pact with US

WASHINGTON, DC — The United States has confirmed it is studying a request by Armenia to ink a deal that would allow Washington to transfer civil nuclear technology to Yerevan, CivilNet reports. That could pave the way for the United States to design and build a new nuclear power plant in Armenia to replace the country’s aging, Soviet-era facility in the town of Metsamor. “The U.S. Government does not share details of the negotiation process, but we can share that the State Department is giving Armenia’s request for a 123 Agreement the proper attention and due consideration,” a State Department spokesperson said…

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Metsamor NPP indicates terrible tragedy, we must achieve termination of its activity – Chairman of Union

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best view to the Nuclear Power Plant from Metsamor #metsamor #socialistarchitecture_armenia #modernismtour_armenia #nuclearpowerplant #restrictedarea #spacesontherun #urbanexplorer #urbanaccidents (at Metsamor City) https://www.instagram.com/p/BLeCxGUhZND/?igshid=12wrla5hbctiz

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INTERVIEW: Metsamor Archaeological Site 

METSAMOR, which is located 32 km (20 mi) west of Yerevan, Armenia is one of the most interesting archaeological sites in the Caucasus. While first settled and founded as a Bronze Age city, people continuously inhabited Metsamor through Urartian rule until the early Modern Era, making it an especially rich archaeological site. James Blake Wiener (Ancient History Encyclopedia's Communications Director) speaks to Professor Krzysztof Jakubiak (Director of the Polish Team for the Armenian-Polish excavation at Metsamor) about the archaeological work undertaken at the site by his team as well as the Metsamor's importance in the region.

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Love this kind of thing.

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Erevan, near the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, Armenia

By Sebastian Castelier

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Los arqueólogos acaban de abrir una tumba de más de 3000 años en Armenia y se sorprendieron al encontrar dos esqueletos en un abrazo amoroso, junto con una cama antigua y docenas de tesoros.

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Armenian Government Establishes Company to Oversee New Nuclear Power Plant Construction

YEREVAN — The Armenian government has approved the creation of a closed joint-stock company with a charter capital of 200 million drams (20,000 shares with a nominal value of 10,000 drams each) to build a new nuclear power plant, replacing the aging facility at Metsamor. Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Gnel Sanosyan stated that the company will evaluate foreign investors’ proposals on the design and cost of Metsamor’s new power-generating unit and recommend a final decision to the government within two years. It will also manage the planned plant, Sanosyan said during a cabinet meeting in Yerevan. Sanosyan revealed…

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The Aging Beauty Of Soviet Control Rooms

Control room, Metsamor nuclear power plant.

[Photo: courtesy Present & Correct]