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No area on the globe is so fascinating for today’s scholars as the Near East: fascinating because it was the cradle of some of the oldest civilizations ,many of which are not more than just names to us now. Many nations and kingdoms rose and fell through centuries of struggle. Throughout this the most persistent and long-living nation among them has been the Armenian. Stone Age remnants found in Armenia prove that the country has been inhabited long before human records. Noah’s Ark came to rest as the Flood subsided from the Great Peak known as Mount Ararat.

Armenian tradition has preserved several legends concerning the origin of the Armenian nation. The most important one of them tells about Hayk, the eponymous hero of the Armenians who called themselves Hay and their country Hayastan. The neighboring  nations called the people Armens or Armenians. Being one of the most ancient countries in the world along with Assyria, Babylon and Persia, it is also one of the oldest countries of human civilization. More than 15.000 historical monuments the oldest of which is 6000 years old prove the significance of Armenia as such.

 

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The world's longest ropeway in Armenia.

 

 

The world's longest 5.7-kilometer ropeway called "Wings of Tatev" opened in Armenia on October 16. It will lead to the medieval Tatev Monastery located in the Tatev village of Syunik region, southern Armenia. The ropeway that can carry a visitor to the Monastery in 12 minutes will also be included in the Guinness Book of Records. The construction of "Wings of Tatev" lasted 11 months. The ropeway will have two carriages, each of them intended for 25 people. The Monastery of Tatev is a 9th century monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church located in south-east of Armenia, near Tatev village, 280 km far from Yerevan. Translated from old Armenian (grabar) Tatev means "give wings" or "fly". It was founded in 9th century and was a political center of Syunik kingdom, one of the major educational and scientific centers of Armenia (14-15 centuries). Tatev manuscript school was functioning in the Monastery in the Middle Ages as well.


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