Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Temple-Universal·🇦🇲 Armenia Region 2, Armenia
About
About Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2
Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2 in Armenia Region 2, Armenia is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Temple-Universal temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 800 CE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Temple-Universal
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Temple-Universal
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1951
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2
c. 800 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2
On the ground
Structures & features
10.9343° S · 1.7742° E · 1382 m · 3 mapped features
Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2 — Principal Temple
templetemple at Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2 — hydraulic feature
10.9340° S · 1.7734° EFortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2 — Northern Altar
altaraltar at Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2 — hydraulic feature
10.9355° S · 1.7725° EFortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2 — Shrine Annex 3
shrineshrine at Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2 — hydraulic feature
10.9325° S · 1.7737° E