EXCAVATIONS IN TIGRANAKERT START IN JUNE

This year the excavations in Tigranakert will start in June and will last till August, said Hamlet Petrosyan, the head of the excavation group and the PHD of the Sciences National Academy.

By the financial support of the NKR and “Yerkir” unity this is the third year the excavations continue in Tigranakert. This year the president of the NKR Bako Sahakyan promised to provide 30 million drams.

According to him the excavations resulted in the founding the details of such powerful and cultural city. He added that the foundation of Tigranakert opens quite a new page in the cultural history of Armenians coming from ancient times.