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This photo shows a view of the 11th-century CE Vahramashen Church and ruined 13th-century CE bathhouses from atop the 7th-century CE Amberd Fortress. These structures are located above the conjunction of the gorges from the Amberd and Arkashen...

In this picture, one sees the 11th-century CE Vahramashen Church framed by the ruins of the Amberd Fortress, which was first constructed in the 7th century CE. Both structures are typical of medieval Armenian architecture, and they lie at...

The Vahramashen Church, which is located near the Amberd Fortress in what is present-day Armenia, dates from 1026 CE. This photo shows the interior of the church's conical umbrella type dome and four arches.

The Vahramashen Church, which is located near the Amberd Fortress in what is present-day Armenia, dates from 1026 CE. This church was originally built for Prince Vahram Pahlavuni whose family clashed with the royal Bagratuni dynasty for power...

Located along the slopes of Mount Aragats in Armenia's Aragatsotn province are the ruins of 7th-century CE Amberd Fortress, the 11th-century CE Vahramashen Church, and the ruins of a 13th-century CE bathhouse and cistern stand.

Before Amberd Fortress was constructed in the 7th century CE, Stone Age peoples, the Urartians, and even the Romans used and understood the location's strategic advantages, lying at the intersection of the Amberd River and the Arkashen River...

These are the ruins of Amberd Fortress in Aragatsotn Province in what's present-day Armenia. The fortress was founded in the 7th century CE, while Armenia was ruled by the Kamsarakan princes. The Pahlavuni, Zakaryan, Vachutyan noble families...

The Amberd Fortress dates from the 7th century CE, and it is located on the slopes of Mount Aragats at an altitude of 2300 m (7546 ft)in the province of Aragatsotn, Armenia. Its name translates as "fortress in the clouds" in Armenian.

Gold vessel with a long spout that would probably have been used as a drinking straw, from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, Early Dynastic Period, c. 2600 BCE. The British Museum, London.

Amulet of the Norse goddess Freyja. It is a copy of a find of a Viking period silver amulet from Aska in Hagebyhöga parish, Aska hundred, Vadstena municipality, Östergötland, Sweden.