🇦🇲 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 · Rock art
Ughtasar Southeast Lava Field Petroglyphs
Early to Late Bronze via Early Iron · Kura-Araxes, Trialeti, Lchashen-Metsamor, Urartian fringe
Lower southeast lava field 1.1 km from crater lake with 380 boulders and vishap cart motifs.
🇦🇲 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 · 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 · Ancient village
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Northern Annex in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient village
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Tirinkatar Vishaps and Cultural Landscape
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age (Kura-Araxes, Early Bronze–Lchashen) · Kura-Araxes to Trialeti pastoralists; later Garni-Shengavit
2850 m Aragats: 20 fish–bull dragon stones (vishaps) 5th–2nd mill BCE with libation holes at Aragats springs.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Northern Annex
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Northern Annex in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient village
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Eastern Outlier
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Eastern Outlier in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient village
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Western Terrace in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient village
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Southern Extension
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Southern Extension in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Eastern Outlier
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Eastern Outlier in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Southern Extension
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Southern Extension in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Western Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Western Terrace in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇦🇲 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
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 · Rock art
Arpa River Petroglyphs — Vayots Dzor
Early Bronze to Medieval (Kura-Araxes to Orbelian) · Kura-Araxes to medieval Armenian–Seljuk caravaneer
Vayots Dzor Arpa gorge 400 leopard–goat and caravan cup-marks 3000 BCE–1332 CE linking Ughtasar high to Silk Road Selim.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Khor Virap — Ararat View Monastery Pit Dungeon Khor Virap
Artashat hill fortress 180 BCE; monastery 642 CE; pit 298 CE Gregory the Illuminator imprisoned 13 years · Armenian Christian and earlier Artaxiad capital Artashat (180 BCE Arshak?)
Khor Virap pit 298 CE Gregory 13 years per Agathangelos, Artashat capital Xenophon.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Artik — Pemzashen Church Surp Sargis Open Field
Early Medieval (5th–7th c. Surb Sargis 5th c. and Lmbatavank 7th) · Early Armenian field churches 7th c. basilica hall
Artik Lmbatavank 630 7th c. hall church 20 m with fresco copy.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Aruch Church — 7th Century Hall Dome with Landslip
Early Medieval (666 CE Grigor Mamikonian foundation, St Gregory 670) · Mamikonian princes early medieval 7th c.
Aruch excavated by Sahinian 1970, Mamikonian 669 inscription inside.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Amberd Fortress — Aragats Slope Fort-Church- Bath Complex
Bagratid (7th c. church; 10th c. Vahram Paphlavuni castle 1026; Seljuk captured 1236) · Bagratid Pahlavuni princes (Vahram) with church 1026 and bath
Amberd excavated by Harutyunyan 1963–64, Pahlavuni family castle 1026.