The research team's working hypothesis is that the stones are tied to an ancient water cult, but it took a few wrong guesses to get there.

A team of German and Armenian researchers made a groundbreaking discovery last week of an ancient church in Armenia dating back to the fourth century, making it the oldest documented church in Armenia ...

I have often reflected on my journey to Armenia, trying to understand the historical path of an ancient nation across the centuries. My first encounter with Armenian culture came through a television ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an Armenian church dating back almost 2,000 years, making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world. Germany's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Khor Virap Monastery, located south-east of Yerevan, offers a famous photo setting: The holy Mount Ararat, the peak where Noah ...

A preliminary reconstruction shows the late antique church of Artaxata. (all images © Armenian-German Artaxata Project) A team of German and Armenian archaeological ...

After a few thousand years of winemaking, Armenia is making its debut as a producer of quality wines for the modern drinker. Armenia's wine country is defined by valleys and mountains, often as far as ...

This ancient winemaking country was never on my radar. Was it because few of the wines have historically been available in the U.S. or because the bulk of indigenous wine grapes are not familiar to us ...