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UNESCO: Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/960
World Heritage Centre. Photograph, description, maps and documents.
UNESCO: Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/777
World Heritage Centre. Photos, description, maps and documents.
The Unexpected Discovery of Vestiges of the Medieval Armenian Jews
http://www.sefarad.org/publication/lm/045/4.html
An article by Kevin Alan Brook discussing the unexpected discovery in 1996 of Jewish graves by an Armenian bishop, Abraham Mkrtchyan.
The Rock-Carvings of Syunik
http://www.iatp.am/resource/artcult/rockart/ughtasar/index.htm
Images and an article describing the carvings.
The Rock Carvings of the Ghegham Mountain Range
http://www.iatp.am/resource/artcult/rockart/geghama/index.htm
A survey of Armenian rock art with descriptions, images, and references.
The Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1011
UNESCO World Heritage Site description and petition.
Project ArAGATS - The Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian States
http://acc.spc.uchicago.edu/~atsmith/Pages/Aragats.html
A joint Armenian-American archaeological research project to understand the transformation of early Transcaucasian societies from small pastoral and agricultural communities during the 3rd millennium B.C. into organized provinces of empires less than two thousand years later.
Prof. Stone visits the ARC and lectures in Detroit
http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/news/stone2.html
Nearly 200 interested people, both from the Armenian American and the Jewish American communities, attended a lecture by Dr Michael E. Stone on February 4, 2002 on "Stones from the River: The Lost Jews of Armenia."
Jews in Medieval Armenia
http://www.khazaria.com/armenia/armenian-jews.html
A bibliography of sources on the discovery of a Jewish cemetery in Armenia.
Exploration and Survey of Pleistocene Hominid Sites in Armenia and Karabagh
http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/King/king.html
Recent discoveries in the Caucasus region indicate that hominids occupied this area over a period of nearly two million years. The earliest hominids outside Africa are known from the Georgian site of Dmanisi in the southern Caucasus.
Dr. Stone Expedition in Armenia
http://www.churcharmenia.com/stone_expedition.html
Videos, images, and reports from the excavation in Armenia showing Jewish tombstones from the 13th and early 14th centuries.
Dangerous Archaeology
http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/DangerousArchaeology/MainDangerous.html
An exhibit about Francis Willey Kelsey's work in Armenia in 1919 to 1920, particularly on ancient habitation in Cilicia.
Armenian Rock Arts Network
Reproductions of Armenian rock art with articles and links.