A building by building tour of the deserted medieval Armenian city of Ani ...

DANGEROUS ARCHAEOLOGY: Francis Willey Kelsey and Armenia (1919-1920) Table of Contents Archaeology and the Near East The Near East: Ancient and Modern From Caravan to Railroad From Adventuring to Science Popular Interpretations of Archaeological Discovery The New Breed of Near Eastern Archaeologist: James Henry Breasted A Classical Scholar in the Near East: Francis Willey Kelsey Francis Kelsey's ...

THE UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY OF VESTIGES OF THE MEDIEVAL ARMENIAN JEWS Kevin Alan Brook INTRODUCTION In 1996, an unexpected and remarkable archaeological discovery of Jewish significance was made by an Armenian bishop, Abraham Mkrtchyan. The bishop came upon a number of large inscribed gravestones in a river and an adjoining forest at the edge of Eghegis, in the Siwniq region of southeastern Armenia.

Jews in Medieval Armenia In the 13th-15th centuries, at least one Jewish community flourished in Armenia. Evidence indicates that the Armenian Jews came from Persia. Many Jews lived in the city of Eghegis, and their gravestones have been found, translated, and analyzed. They were a religiously-observant community. Based on existing evidence, researchers believe that the Jews and Christians in ...

Prof. Michael Stone Lectures in Michigan: Presentation on a Jewish Community in Medieval Armenia a Great Success by Gerald E. Ottenbreit, Jr. Dearborn, Michigan--Nearly 200 interested people, both from the Armenian American and the Jewish American communities, crowded the AGBU Alex Manoogian School in Southfield, Michigan on February 4, 2002 to hear Dr. Michael E. Stone give a captivating ...

Mother Church of Holy Etchmiadzin was completed in the year 303 A.D. The place was chosen after the Holy Vision of St. Gregory the Illuminator, who saw Jesus' descent from the Heaven to the Holy Spot, hence the name Etchmiadzin: Site of Lord's descent, or the Descent of the Only Begotten Son of Lord. Written by Gevork Nazaryan he Holy City of Holy Etchmiadzin will be the gathering point of the ...