Miasin - newspaper of Rodica Bostanica

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Anania Shirakatsi

32 • Day 3,102, 23:30 • Published in Armenia Armenia

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Portrait of the 7th century Armenian philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, geographer and alchemist Anania Shirakatsi by Ruben Malayan.

Širakac‘i or Shirakatsi authored the book "Cosmography and the Calendar," a 48 chapter work that discusses

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Cilician Bowl

1 • Day 3,087, 05:10 • Published in Armenia Armenia

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Cilician Bowl 12th. -13th. century AD. Gilded Silver. - Hermitage Museum.

Found in Vilgort Russia in the Urals region, trade mark Armenian reliefs of Eagles, and Lions alongside an Armenian King (Not specified which Cilician King, possibly Leo).

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Saint Thomas Monastery

1 • Day 3,085, 03:50 • Published in Armenia Armenia

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Surb Tovmas - Saint Thomas Monastery, 10th or 11th century A.D. Armenian monastery on the shores of Lake Van.

In a splendid position overlooking Lake Van on a hill at the Alacabük Promontory, at 1900 m altitude, St. Thomas Monastery is one of the

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Yaghdan: The last Greek village in Armenia

1 • Day 3,084, 09:20 • Published in Armenia Armenia

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Armenia is one of the most monoethnic states in the world, where only 2.5-3 percent of the population isn’t ethnic Armenian. Of the ethnic minorities that do exist in Armenia, the Greek community is unique because it has existed here for 350 years.

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The oldest known human brain 6,000 years old, found in Armenia.

1 • Day 3,084, 03:24 • Published in Armenia Armenia

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As part of a two-year excavation in one of southeastern Armenia's caves, archeologists discovered a well-preserved brain of a young girl, announcing it as the oldest known human brain from the old world.

The oldest known human brain from the Old