Archaeologists working at the ancient site of Shahar Yeri say that the inhabitants of the region forgot their gods, beliefs, and holy places due to the advent of a new political order. Shahar Yeri is located near Pirazmeyan village, 32 kilometers from Meshkinshahr in Azerbaijan region of Iran. The Iron Age site contains a castle, three temples, and a number of other architectural ruins. The archaeologists believe that the inhabitants lost their religion after they were conquered by the Urartians. "The walls of a castle crossing one of the temples of Shahar Yeri show that the people paid no attention to their old beliefs and holy places when the castle was built on the temple during the time the Urartians dominated the region," the director of the team of archaeologists, Alireza Hojabri Nobari, told the Cultural Heritage News (CHN) agency on Wednesday. Over 500 stone steles bearing images of faces of men and women with no mouths were discovered at Shahar Yeri during the third phase of excavations in early July. The steles were totems which were worshiped by the people of Shahar Yeri. "The Urartians invaded Shahar Yeri, attacking the beliefs of the inhabitants and began promoting Khaldi, the god of their political religion," Nobari said. Khaldi was the supreme god of the Urartians. Khaldi formed a triad with Theispas and Artinis. The Urartians regarded him as their ancestor. Khaldi's main temple was built in the ancient city of Musasir, southwest of Lake Urmia. Nobari had ...
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Featuring a never-seen-before satellite image of a vandalized medieval cemetery at the Iranian-Azerbaijani border, "The New Tears of Araxes," a five-minute film, tells the tragic story of thousands of ancient Armenian headstones flattened to the ground by the Azerbaijani authorities in Djulfa or Julfa (Jugha in Armenian), Nakhichevan. On December 15, 2005, eyewitnesses across the River Araxes videotaped Azeri soldiers destroying Armenian burial monuments - khachkars (cross stones) - some as old as 1500 years. Azerbaijani officials denied the vandalism, but banned European Parliament members from visiting the site in March of 2006. Only a few outside news sources tried to publicize the tragedy. "The New Tears of Araxes" is written by Sarah Pickman, a University of Chicago student, who was the only American reporter to cover the tragedy when she interned for Archaeology Magazine. Producer and narrator Simon Maghakyan, who is among America's top 20 college students according to USA TODAY (April 24, 2006), hopes the film will break a year of ignorance and silence. When asked why others should care, Maghakyan quotes Martin Luther King Jr. as saying, "Injustice anywhere is threat to justice everywhere." Music by Djivan Gasparian (Gladiator, The Passion of the Christ, Munich, Syriana); Digital sound track production by Transtar Entertainment Group; Photographs by Research on Armenian Architecture, and Argam Ayvazian; Footage of 2005 destruction by Tabriz's Armenian Church, Iran ...
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QUBA MASS GRAVE SITE. In the spring of 2007 a mass grave containing at least 200 skeletons was found on the edge of Quba City during construction at the soccer stadium site. Archealogists from Baku excavated the site and constructed a temporary shelter to protect the skeletons and excavations. Plans are being to developed to build a museum complex orund the mass grave to memorialize the loss. Official English language sign posted infront of mass-grave(March 2009). 1.ON 1 April, 2007 a mass grave was opened in Guba while doing ground works. 2.As a result of the primary research carried out by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan from 8 to 11 April 2007 it has been revealed that the site is a burial place of the local innocent civilians massacred by the Armenians in 1918. 3.To provide a more comlete explanation to the problem the Sciense Board of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan proposed thorough arcaeological investigations in the site. 4.A staff of seven researchers of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan have been investigating the place. The results of the research carried out in 2007. The first, main stage involved the archaeological investigation of the mass grave. The second stage was the investigation of the burial place from a historical point of view and on the basis of archive materials. The third stage included ...
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en.wikipedia.org According to Thor Heyerdahlthe Norwegian mythology tells that the Scandinavian god Odin moved with his people to Norway from a land called Aser, in order to avoid Roman occupation. A 13th-century historian's description of Aser's origination matches that of Azerbaijan: east of the Caucasus mountains and the Black Sea. Heyerdahl and other scholar are convinced that people living in the area now known as Azerbaijan settled in Scandinavia around 100 AD. Roman troops arrived in Azerbaijan in 97 AD. Odin came from the land of the "Aser" (Aeser), and is, therefore, frequently referred to as "Asa-Odin" (Aser-Odin). Asgard or Ásegard is the realm of the Gods Aser in Norse religion and Norse mythology. The exact meaning of "Asgard is Aser Land or the Land of Aser". Modern day Scandinavians migrated north from the east of the Caucasus, Aserbaijan (Azerbaijan/Caucasian Albania) in prehistoric times. According to Icelandic Sagas, written in the 13th century, the Norse God Odin migrated from the east of the Caucasus, from Aserbaijan in the first century AD. Heyerdahl concluded that Azerbaijan and not northern Europe was the center from which the Caucasian people spread so that Chinese archaeologists would find their 4000 years old remains buried in northwestern China. He based that conclusion on early Norwegian sagas written down by the Icelander, Snorre Sturlason, before his death in 1241, (Snorri, The Sagas of the Viking Kings of Norway. English translation: JM ...
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Azerbaijan recently won the Eurovision song contest, but does it deserve to host next year's prominent European song competition, given its history of cultural genocide, political oppression, and support of terrorism? Azerbaijan's Support of Terrorism: www.unhcr.org Cultural Genocide: www.archaeology.org
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Today, "Miras" Cultural and Heritage Study Support Public Union held a presentation at the media center of Miras magazine.| The 90 page magazine, which began publishing today, aims to study and advocate for the historical and cultural heritage of Azerbaijan, and plans to be released quarterly. The magazine's first edition speaks about achievements in excavations carried out by the Agsu Archeological expedition, which was sponsored by the Azerbaijan National Academy of Science's Archeology and Ethnography Institute. In addition, the magazine contained interesting information about the Shamakhi History and Regional Studies Museum and the Gala History-Ethnography Preserve. The readers will also come across articles speaking about archeological tourism and historical monuments. The editor-in-chief of the magazine is doctor of historical sciences Professor Gafar Jabiyev.
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Featuring never seen before images and footages of vandalized, desecrated and even completely destroyed Armenian khachkars, landmarks, monasteries and cemetaries. Witness how medieval khachkars were demolished by the Armenian authorities, just to build a new restaurant in Yerevan. Experience how the Gtchavank Monastery was vandalized and look whats actually behind the "We Are Our Mountains" landmark in Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan. Perhaps what is most disturbing about these acts of destruction is that they are completely neglected by the Armenian public. More information on endangered khachkars in Armenia: www.khachkar.am Disclaimer: In the comment section, make sure you dont spam and dont use inappropriate language.
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Cingiz Mehdiyev, the renowned Azerbaijani percussionist, playing the famous Gaval Dashy (Tambourine Stone) in Qobustan (Gobustan), Azerbaijan. Gobustan may be seen as a unique source of knowledge on the period from the 10000 BC to the Middle Ages covering the fields of history, culture, art and archaeology. A thorough and detailed study of Gobustan's rock drawings, particularly their overlapping and also their style, themes, way of composition, and technique of performance as well as comparison with similar dated rock drawings in this and other countries allow some suggestions about their dating. The rock drawings of Gobustan are very diverse as to their themes and content. Among them one can find pictures of human beings, wild bulls, deer, bezoar goats, lions, gazelles, horses, wild asses, some of them being nearly life-size. There are also drawings on some rocks, representing collective labour processes, reaping, sacrifice, hunting scenes, battle scenes. There is a picture of a group dance for instance, which is done in a circle with arms on each other's shoulders - forerunner of the yalla danced in Azerbaijan to this day. Linguistically "yalla" is cognate to "yal" which means "food". The "food dance" was presumably a magic rite done before hunting. It might also have served as good training for huntsmen-nimble synchronous movements are essential in collective chase. A very attractive relic of the past is so called "gaval dash" (tambourine stone), which emits a booming ...
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The Republic of Mahabad (Kurdish: Komarî Mehabad), officially known as Republic of Kurdistan and established in Eastern Kurdistan ( Persian occupied Kurdistan ), was a short-lived, Kurdish state of the 20th century after the Republic of Ararat in Turkey. The capital was the city of Mahabad in northwestern of present Iran. In August 1941, a general uprising wrested control of the Kurdish region from the central Iranian government. In the town of Mahabad, inhabited mostly by Kurds, a committee of middle-class people supported by tribal chiefs, took over the local administration. A political party called the Society for the Revival of Kurdistan (Komeley Jiyanewey Kurdistan or JK) was formed. Qazi Muhammad, head of a family of religious jurists, was elected as chairman of the party. Although the republic was not formally declared until December 1945, the committee headed by Qazi, administered the area with commendable efficiency and success for over five years until the fall of the republic. Soviet and British forces occupied Iran in late August 1941, with the Soviets controlling the north. The Soviets were mainly ambivalent towards the Kurdish administration. They did not maintain a garrison near Mahabad and also did not have any civil agent of sufficient standing to exercise any great influence. They encouraged Qazi's administration by practical benevolent operations such as providing motor transport, keeping out the Iranian army, and buying the whole of the tobacco crop ...
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ArcheoTG è un videogiornale che mostra alcune delle news archeologiche più importanti dell'ultima settimana. In 60 secondi, 4 notizie rilevanti dal mondo e dall'Italia in particolare. Questa settimana, 3ª edizione del 15 maggio: Italia: a Firenze forse individuati i resti della Gioconda - ftar.it Cina: nella provincia di Henan scoperto un vino di 2000 anni fa - ftar.it Azerbaijan: rinvenuto un monumento vecchio di oltre 1000 anni - ftar.it Italia: ad Orvieto in mostra il fascino dell'Egitto - ftar.it ArcheoTG is a videonews bullettin that show the most relevant news about archaeology in the latest week. 60 seconds, 4 news from around the world and Italy in particular. This week, 3rd edition 15 may: Italy: Are discovered in Florence the tomb of "La Gioconda"? - ftar.it China: in the province of Henan an ancient wine from 2000 years ago - ftar.it Azerbaijan: a monument dated back to 4th/10th century - ftar.it Italy: ancient Egypt exhibition in Orvieto - ftar.it
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The research project of the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids continues to be atypical for Bosnian and Herzegovina. There are a large number of interested volunteers to come to Visoko and participate in the International Volunteer Work Action with the Bosnian acronym "MRAV 2011" despite Bosnia's political problems and loss of foreign capital and investors. These, the world's largest pyramids last year attracted more than 50000 tourists, various world experts, 500 volunteers from 5 continents, 45 archeologists and the media. As of the first week of April 2011, the Foundation has received 474 applications of volunteers for work on the Bosnian pyramids. Of these 285 men and 189 women. Applications have come from 42 countries on 6 continents: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Great Britain, Holland, Ireland, France, USA, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Colombia, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Austria, China, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Finland, Italy, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, Brazil, Jordan, Belgium, Estonia, Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Bulgaria. Among the applicants there are 15 archeologists, 6 anthropologists, 8 historians and 7 geologists. The oldest volunteer (Smail Sikirić) is 71 years old, and the youngest (Nimai Kotnik) is only 10 and is coming with parents link www.bosnian-pyramid.com www.bosnianpyramid.com www.bosnian-pyramid.net en.wikipedia.org www.archaeology.org ...
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Urmia Lake in northwestern Iran is drying up. One of the biggest saltwater lakes in the world and a registered UNESCO reserve, it is home to hundreds of species of birds, reptiles and mammals. But experts say a combination of drought and the construction of dams on rivers feeding the lake have contributed to it drying up.... www.euronews.net
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The research project of the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids continues to be atypical for Bosnian and Herzegovina. There are a large number of interested volunteers to come to Visoko and participate in the International Volunteer Work Action with the Bosnian acronym "MRAV 2011" despite Bosnia's political problems and loss of foreign capital and investors. These, the world's largest pyramids last year attracted more than 50000 tourists, various world experts, 500 volunteers from 5 continents, 45 archeologists and the media. As of the first week of April 2011, the Foundation has received 474 applications of volunteers for work on the Bosnian pyramids. Of these 285 men and 189 women. Applications have come from 42 countries on 6 continents: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Great Britain, Holland, Ireland, France, USA, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Colombia, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Austria, China, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Finland, Italy, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, Brazil, Jordan, Belgium, Estonia, Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Bulgaria. Among the applicants there are 15 archeologists, 6 anthropologists, 8 historians and 7 geologists. The oldest volunteer (Smail Sikirić) is 71 years old, and the youngest (Nimai Kotnik) is only 10 and is coming with parents link www.bosnian-pyramid.com www.bosnianpyramid.com www.bosnian-pyramid.net en.wikipedia.org www.archaeology.org ...
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Known as Turkey's Edith Piaf, Candan Erçetin was born on 10 February 1963 in Kırklareli. She studied at Lycée de Galatasaray, and completed her higher education atIstanbul University with a degree in Archaeology. In 1991, she graduated from İstanbul Municipal Music School where she studied classical opera. She represented Turkey in the 1986 in Eurovision contest held in Bergen, Norway as a member of Klips ve Onlar with the song "Halley". Presently, as well as continuing her stage performance, she also works as a music teacher at Lycée de Galatasaray. AVANT DE NOUS DIRE ADIEU M.Mallory, J. Renard Faisons l'amour avant de nous dire adieu Faisons l'amour puisque c'est fini nous deux Faisons l'amour comme si c'était la première fois Encore une fois toi et moi puisque l'amour s'en va Je peux tout te pardonner Et faire semblant d'oublier Je veux bien fermer les yeux Et faire tout ce que tu veux Je veux bien te partager Et ne veux te supplier Mais reste encore Je me ferai si petite Que tu ne me verras pas Et je me ferai si tendre Que demain tu m'aimeras Je serai toute d'amour Et je serai toute à toi Mais reste encore Faisons l'amour avant de nous dire adieu Faisons l'amour puisque c'est fini nous deux Faisons l'amour comme si c'était la première fois Encore une fois toi et moi puisque l'amour s'en va THANKS TO DESPRITE
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Who were our ancestors? From where do we originate? www.igenea.com Most people can trace their family tree back no further than three or four generations. Thanks to genetic analysis, however, it is possible to look back into millennia long past. The story of our ancestors is probably one of the most exciting of all time. It is the story of mankind. For decades the only evidence available to anthropologists and archaeologists were the small amount of bones and objects left behind by our ancestors. Hence, it was not possible to really prove the various theories of evolution. It is only in the past 20 years that researchers have been able to use the DNA of living people as a means of finding evidence of the migrations of their primeval ancestors. DNA is identical to a degree of 99.9 percent for all people. The remaining 0.1% is the source of individual differences (such as eye colour, certain risks of disease, or deviations with no apparent function). DNA-Genealogy makes it possible for you to research your family tree with the most modern methods. It makes fast and exact research into your family history possible, whether as your first venture into researching your ancestry or as a supplement to traditional genealogy. Where traditional research into your ancestry examines birth, marriage, and death certificates, a simple saliva sample is all that's needed for DNA-Genealogy. That's because each of us carries with us the most important and exact set of files needed: our DNA ...
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Jacquetta Hawkes, "The First Great Civilizations," London, 1967 "Yet the Hurrians did not disappear from history. Away to the North in their Armenian homeland, they entrenched themselves and build up the kingdom of Urartu." M. Chahin, "The Kingdom of Armenia," London, 2001 "The new kingdom of Urartu, which proved to be the stronghold of the Hurrian race." Greater Armenia lies in the highlands surrounding Mount Ararat, the highest peak of the region. In the Bronze Age, several states flourished in the area of Greater Armenia, including the Hittite Empire (at the height of its power), Mitanni (South-Western historical Armenia), and Hayasa-Azzi (1600-1200 BC). Soon after the Hayasa-Azzi were the Nairi (1400-1000 BC) and the Kingdom of Urartu (1000-600 BC), who successively established their sovereignty over the Armenian Highland. Each of the aforementioned nations and tribes participated in the ethnogenesis of the Armenian people. I. Geography. 'araraT (Sumerian Ar, "region," plus ar "high," plus Tu, "mountain," plus "high mountainous region"): in Assyrian, UrTu, UrarTu, UrasTu: in AEgyp, Ermenen (= "Region of the Minni") Wiener, Origin of the Pentateuch, Armina, Armaniyqa (Armenia): in Hecataeus of Miletus, circa 520 BC, the people are Armenioi (Gen 8:4; 2 Ki 19:37; Isa 37:38; Jer 51:27). Throughout the Bible, this is a country, not a mountain. Armenia Major was bounded on the North by the River Cyrus (Kour), Iberia, Colchis, and the Moschici Mts.; on the West by Asia Minor ...
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