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Submitted by davidmorgan on Sunday, 22 February 2015  Page Views: 3581

Multi-periodSite Name: Gegharot
Country: Armenia
NOTE: This site is 11.202 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Gegharot
Latitude: 40.704969N  Longitude: 44.224599E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Gegharot submitted by dodomad : Three shrines, dating back about 3,300 years, have been unearthed within a hilltop fortress at Gegharot in Armenia. Archaeologists believe rulers would have used the shrines for divination - a practice in which one tries to see into the future. This image shows a shrine excavated on the fortress' west terrace. The stone stele seen in the center of this image would likely have been a focal point fo... (Vote or comment on this photo)
A 3,000-year-old Bronze Age hilltop settlement in Armenia. Recent excavations have discovered shrines possibly used for divination.

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Gegharot submitted by rich32 : Excavation shot from 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gegharot
Gegharot submitted by rich32 : Prof Adam Smith explaining some of structures at Gegharot, in July 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gegharot submitted by rich32 : Gegharot excavation from 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gegharot submitted by rich32 : Gegharot excavations from 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Gegharot by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 24 February 2015
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The Prehistory of an Urartian Landscape by Prof Adam Smith.
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3,300-Year-Old Shrines Uncovered by davidmorgan on Sunday, 22 February 2015
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Three ancient shrines where rulers may have practiced divination thousands of years ago in what is now Gegharot in Armenia have been discovered. The shrines were found within a hilltop fortress, which would've been destroyed right before the site was abandoned.

Read more at Live Science. With thanks to Angie Lake for the link to the Daily Mail article.
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