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This is the entrance to an Urartian burial niche at the Agarak archaeological site in present-day Armenia. It dates from the 8th or 7th century BCE.

This is an ancient Urartian burial niche, which was found at Agarak, Armenia. It dates from the 8th-7th centuries BCE.

This is a picture of an ancient Urartian burial niche at the Agarak archaeological site in what is present-day Armenia. It dates from roughly the 8th or 7th century BCE.

Excavations at the Agarak archaeological site in Armenia reveal the basic elements of early Bronze Age habitation. The site was continuously inhabited from the 3rd millennium BCE through the Urartian era (8th-6th centuries BCE).

The stone and rock complexes at Agarak in present-day Armenia are linked to the Early Bronze Age settlement of the region. It is believed that humans began to inhabit the region in the first quarter of the 3rd millennium BCE.

This is an ancient chamber, perhaps used for burials, at the prehistoric site of Zorats Karer in modern Armenia. Archaeologists are still trying to ascertain how it is.

There is a cyclopic fortress and an ancient settlement at the southern edge of the necropolis in Lchashen, Armenia. The fortress dates from the mid-3rd millennium BCE while the settlement dates from the 4th millennium BCE. Archaeologists...

Zorats Karer—also known as Karahunj, Qarahunj or Carahunge and Carenish—is a prehistoric archaeological site located near the town of Sisian in the Syunik Province of Armenia. It is frequently referred to as the "Armenian Stonehenge." Zorats...

Zorats Karer is a prehistoric site located about 3 km (2 miles) northeast of Sissian, Armenia and covers an area of about 13.5 ha (32 acres). Middle Bronze Age artifacts including bronze swords, fragments of beads made from antimony, and...

A side view of Garni Temple in Armenia with its eight ionic columns. The Temple of Garni was built around 77 CE in Greco-Roman style.