ANCIENT FORTRESS OF TIGRANAKERT FOUND IN MARTAKERT
Dr. Hamlet Petrosian, the head of the expedition of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, held a news conference on August 24 near the ruins of the ancient Armenian town of Tigranakert discovered near the village of Surenavan in the region of Martakert. As a result of the excavations, the archeologists discovered an ancient Armenian fortress. The digging of the wall of the fortress and the church still continue, the southern gate was cleared of the layer of sand. A great number of exponents of ancient and medieval culture were discovered by the archeologists. "In exploring the site we discovered a new fortress. We think it was also built during the times and power of King Tigran, but we still continue our researches. We continue digging the citadel, the fundament of the fortress, the terrace and the church. We hope to get a full idea of the main compound by the end of the excavations. I also hope to find writings near the church. We found some fragments but I cannot state yet they are Armenian lithographs," Hamlet Petrosian said. The archeologist said the excavations are impeded by financial problems. He said unfortunately this year the Yerkir Union which supports the excavations provided less funding. "Unfortunately, we got no help from innumerable Armenian organizations and agencies, not even the government of Armenia and the Academy of Sciences. Only the government of Karabakh provided 3.5 million drams in July after we turned to the prime minister. Meanwhile, the excavations finish but we haven't sufficient financial sources yet. Yesterday they promised to transfer the money today, I hope they will. This is the first time the government of Karabakh has helped us, I commend them," Hamlet Petrosian said. "In Azerbaijan they say this is political excavations. I want to state officially this is not political excavations because the political bodies pay no attention to us. This is an academic initiative. I haven't noticed any politics on behalf of the government so far," the historian said. By the way, the excavations of Tigranakert started in 2005. In the first year the location of the town was identified, afterwards in 2006 part of the wall of the citadel, the wall of one of the neighborhoods and part of an early Christian basilica were discovered. Hamlet Petrosian is hopeful that the excavations will continue next year and new buildings and objects will be discovered.
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