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<title>Megalithic Portal: Latest from Armenia</title>
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<title>Davti Blur Hill Fortress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=62839"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Eastern_Europe/Armenia/thumb/Davti_Bur_Fortress.jpg" align="left"></a></p>]]>6th-Century BCE houses and earthquake evidence discovered in Davti Blur, a Urartian fortress city in Armenia. Part of the ancient settlement of Argisztihinili, established in 774 BCE. During the 8th and 7th centuries, this site served as a vital administrative and economic hub of the Kingdom of Urartu. Among its remarkable structures are a well-preserved citadel and a residential district, which, according to earlier studies, housed substantial dwellings belonging to the local elite.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:48:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karahoonj</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16985"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Eastern_Europe/Armenia/thumb/carahunge_small02.jpg" align="left"></a></p>]]>Stone Circle in Armenia.  223 basalt stones of up to 3 meters tall, 84 of them have holes. According to archaeologists from the University of Munich who surveyed it in 2000, Karahoonj was mainly a necropolis dating from the Middle Bronze Age into the Iron Age (1500 BCE - 300 BCE).</description>
<dc:creator>AlexHunger</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:34:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hartashen Megalithic Avenue</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=61201"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Eastern_Europe/Armenia/thumb/Hartashen_1.jpg" align="left"></a></p>]]>Two Stone Rows / Alignments in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>TheCaptain</dc:creator>
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<media:title>Hartashen Megalithic Avenue</media:title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:40:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tanahati</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=28929"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Eastern_Europe/Armenia/thumb/aq_biblioth05.jpg" align="left"></a></p>]]>Monastery in Armenia with many early Christian cross stones. Superb atmosphere.</description>
<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
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<media:title>Tanahati</media:title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:23:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Khrber</title>
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<description>Ancient Village or Settlement in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:17:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Odzaberd</title>
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<description>Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:09:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Inscription of Tsovinar</title>
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<description>Rock Art in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anapat Cave</title>
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<description>Rock Art in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:44:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sangyar-Qaraberd</title>
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<description>Stone Row / Alignment in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:44:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shengavit</title>
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<description>Ancient Settlement in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>davidmorgan</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:26:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Metsamor Complex</title>
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<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:10:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Qaradaran Museum</title>
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<dc:creator>DrewParsons</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 01:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gegharot</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=36882"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Eastern_Europe/Armenia/thumb/Shrines-unearthed.jpg" align="left"></a></p>]]>A 3,000-year-old Bronze Age hilltop settlement in Armenia.  Recent excavations have discovered shrines possibly used for divination.</description>
<dc:creator>davidmorgan</dc:creator>
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<media:credit role="photographer">dodomad</media:credit>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Voghjaberd Caves</title>
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<description>Cave settlement in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:24:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Berdunk Urartian Fortress</title>
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<description>Fort in Armenia</description>
<dc:creator>KaiHofmann</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:20:05 GMT</pubDate>
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