🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Areni-1 Cave Complex
Late Chalcolithic (Areni phase, 4300–3400 BCE) · Areni / Late Chalcolithic South Caucasus (related to Maykop-Leyla Tepe)
Armenian Chalcolithic wine-cave with 3500 BCE shoe, winery and ibex petroglyphs.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Ughtasar North Plateau Caravanserai
Late Bronze to Medieval Silk Road · Urartian, Medieval Armenian (Zakarid), Seljuk
North plateau caravanserai rock-shelter with medieval caravan petroglyphs at 2820 m.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Mural Hall Temple 30 — Armenia Region 6
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Mural Hall Temple 30 — Armenia Region 6 in Armenia Region 6, Armenia is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Harbour Mole Submerged Temple 116 — Armenia Region 8
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Harbour Mole Submerged Temple 116 — Armenia Region 8 in Armenia Region 8, Armenia is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Echmiadzin Cathedral and Churches — Vagharshapat
Early Christian Armenian (301–650 CE) · Early Armenian Apostolic; Urartian–Hellenistic pagan predecessor
301 CE Gregory the Illuminator's cathedral over Tir temple — world's oldest state church, Hripsime 618 tetraconch.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Areni-1 Upper Gallery Petroglyphs
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I · Late Chalcolithic Syunik-Areni, Kura-Araxes early
Upper chamber 12 m above Areni-1 winery cave with Chalcolithic lattice petroglyphs.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Hillfort Rampart Temple 93 — Armenia Region 9
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Hillfort Rampart Temple 93 — Armenia Region 9 in Armenia Region 9, Armenia is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Ughtasar Trapet Basin — Pilgrim Lake Shore Petroglyphs
Bronze Age (3500–1000 BCE) · Syunik Bronze to Urartian pastoral
Crater tarn shore with bull, net and 3-m wheel calendar at 3220 m.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Ughtasar High Plateau — Pilgrim Mountain Petroglyph Field
Chalcolithic to Iron Age · Kura-Araxes, Trialeti-Vanadzor, Lchashen-Metsamor
Syunik 3300-m crater-lake plateau with >4000 black basalt petroglyphs, chariot and solar calendar boulders.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Areni-1 North Chamber — Taper Cave Wine Annex
Chalcolithic (Late Copper Age) · Transcaucasian Chalcolithic (Areni, Sioni, Maikop-related)
North annex of Areni-1 cave with second Chalcolithic winery vat and oldest leather shoe stratum, 4300 BCE.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Archaeological wonder
Lori Fortress
Lori Fortress (Armenian: Լոռի բերդ)(Georgian: ლორეს ციხე) is an 11th-century Armenian fortress located near the Lori Berd village in Lori Province, Armenia.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Megalith
Zorats Karer (Carahunge)
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (~2000 BCE – 600 BCE; astronomical claims to 5500 BCE disputed) · Kura-Araxes / Trialeti to Urartian (southern Armenian Bronze Age)
221 basalt menhirs 0.5–2.8 m high form a central 45-m ellipse with 32-m straight avenue and northeast arm, plus an outlying circular tomb and dolmen-like cists.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Areni-1 Bird Cave South — Aghavnadzor Secondary Chamber
Chalcolithic to Medieval (4000 BCE – 1400 CE) · Kura-Araxes to medieval Armenian
South annex with Chalcolithic finger flutings and secondary grape press pit.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Archaeological wonder
Agarak, Aragatsotn
Agarak (Armenian: Ագարակ) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is located on Amberd River.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Archaeological wonder
Areni-1 cave
Neolithic
The Areni-1 cave complex (Armenian: Արենիի քարանձավ) is an ancient multicomponent site, and late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age ritual site and settlement, located near the Areni village in southern…
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Earthwork Enclosure Temple 111 — Armenia Region 3
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Earthwork Enclosure Temple 111 — Armenia Region 3 in Armenia Region 3, Armenia is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Hydraulic Reservoir Temple 91 — Armenia Region 7
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Hydraulic Reservoir Temple 91 — Armenia Region 7 in Armenia Region 7, Armenia is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Fortress Citadel Temple 74 — Armenia Region 2
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Temple-Universal
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.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Archaeological wonder
Areni
Areni (Armenian: Արենի) is a village and the center of the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia.
