Journey to World's Most Dangerous Nuclear Plant
A friend of mine @DaveLegenda told me a story about a town in Armenia with the most dangerous nuclear plant. While in Georgia - I decided to take a night train to Yerevan and visit the mystic city of Metsamor. On arrival - it seemed the town was very gray and soviet. After spending a few hours - I felt as if this was the most depressing town - dangerous, abandoned, rocky, and gray. Would you want to visit such a place?
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-Is it really that dangerous?
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Armenia's Archeological Site Areni Cave
The Areni-1 cave complex is a multicomponent site, and late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age ritual site and settlement, located near the Areni village in southern Armenia along the Arpa River.
In 2008, Armenian PhD student and archeologist Diana Zardaryan of the country’s Institute of Archaeology discovered the earliest known shoe at the site.In January 2011, the earliest known winery in the world was uncovered in the cave. Later, in 2011, the discovery of a straw skirt dating to 3,900 years BCE was reported.In 2009, the oldest humanoid brain was discovered in the cave.[6]
10 World’s Oldest Things From Armenia | HD
10 WORLD’S OLDEST THINGS FROM ARMENIA
Over the millennia, countless nations and countries have arisen and disappeared into the annals of history, but some have stuck around. It’s impossible to say which have been around longest with complete certainty, but Armenia is known to be some of the oldest.
The first evidence of human settlement in Armenia dates back to 90,000 BC. Further findings in caves and stone inscriptions are a proof of human settlement in Armenia through Paleolithic period.
Some of the world’s oldest things were found in Armenia. The world’s oldest leather shoe (5,500 years old), sky observatory (7,500 years old), depictions of agriculture (7,500 years old) and wine-making facility (6,100 years old) all were found in the territory of Armenia.
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Armenia travel with KBS - Zorats Karer KBS와 함께하는 아르메니아 여행 아르메니아 스톤헨지
ARMENIA TRAVEL WITH KBS: ZORATS KARER (IN KOREAN)
Zorats Karer, also called Karahunj, is a prehistoric archaeological site near the city of Sisian in the Syunik Province of Armenia.
Zorats Karer is frequently referred to in international tourist lore as Armenian Stonehenge. In total registered 222 standing stones which are up to 2,8 meters tall and approximately 10 tons heavy. About 84 of the stones feature a circular hole.
The phrase Zorats Karer is translated from Armenian as The Worrier Stones or Stone Army. The name Karahunj is interpreted as deriving from two Armenian words: Kar, meaning stone, and Hunj, meaning sound. Thus the name Karahunj means Speaking Stones. This interpretation is related to the fact that the stones make whistling sounds on a windy day, presumably because of multiple reach-through holes bored under different angles into the stones in prehistoric times.
In 2010, the University of Oxford and the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain explored Zorats Karer and concluded that this megalithic complex is probably one of the oldest observatories in the world, placing Karahunj in one row with Stonehenge in England and Carnac in France.
The Russian and Armenian archaeoastronomists have suggested that the standing stones could have been used for astronomical observation. The team of archaeologists from the University of Munich, concluded that Zorats Karer was mainly a necropolis from the Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age.
On December 2010, Karahunj was featured in an Episode 14 of the History Channel show Ancient Aliens, titled Unexplained Structures.
Whether is an observatory, or just a mythical necropolis, while wandering around the standing stones, you will feel powerful vibes and some strong energy all around the site.
Visiting ZORATS KARER is on the itinerary of our CLASSIC ARMENIA TOUR
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Armenia trip
00:00 Erevan
09:12 Levon's Divine Underground
11:24 Garni georges
12:30 Roman Garni temple
13:26 Zvartnots cathedral
13:40 Metsamor historical arqueological museum
15:20 Saint Mesrop Mashtots church
15:57 Voskevaz winery
16:52 Agarak
17:34 Armanian Alphabet monument
18:48 Shaki waterfall
19:15 Winds of Tatev
20:15 Tatev monastery
21:07 Zorats Karer
21:46 Geghard monastery
23:34 Martiros Saryan house museum
24:12 National Gallery of Armania
25:49 Matenadaran
26:43 Yervan Kosher museum
27:00 Sergei Parajanov museum
29:43 for the next trip?
I Found a Soviet-Era Carpet Factory in Armenia ????????
For my first episode from Armenia, I travel to the quiet town of Ijevan, which was once an industrial powerhouse under the Soviet Union. Ijevan Carpet Factory was very successful during its prime, employing 3000 workers, and manufacturing 4000m² of carpet each day. Now it stands closed since 2015. I got an exclusive tour inside the factory, spoke with the caretaker, and learned what this factory meant to the people of Ijevan.
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EXPLORE SAGHMOSAVANK MONASTERY | AROUND AND ABOUT WITH LAPSWORLD | VL02020E003
The Saghmosavank or the monastery of the Psalms is a 13th-century Armenian monastic complex located in the village of Saghmosavan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Like the Hovhannavank monastery which is five kilometers south, Saghmosavank is situated atop the precipitous gorge carved by the Kasagh river. Their silhouettes dominate the adjacent villages and rise sharp against the background of the mountains crowned by Mount Aragats.
The main structures of the monasteries erected by Prince Vache Vachutyan—the Church of Zion in Saghmosavank ( buit in 1215) and the Church of Karapet in Hovhannavank (1216-1221)—belong to the same type of cross-winged domed structure with two-floor annexes in all the corners of the building. Subcupola space predominates in the interiors of both churches, which is reflected in the exterior shapes of these structures.
The architech of this monastery is Vardapet Aighbairik.
Kasagh is a river in the west-central region of modern Armenia which flows north to south. It originates near Mount Aragats in Aragatsotn province, flows south into Armavir province and into the Metsamor River, which itself is a tributary of the Aras River.
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The AsiaN's News About Metsamor Nuclear Plant
The AsiaN's News About Metsamor Nuclear Plant has been published by major media organs of Azerbaijan.
AZƏRBAYCAN DÖVLƏT İNFORMASİYA AGENTLİYİ also published and aired the news.
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Armenia Trip (11-23.06 2010) Day 7 - Smbataberd fortress, Tsakhats Kar Monastery, Zorakarer
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