Armenia’s singing stones

Karahunj – “full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.”

Ruins of forgotten times: Armenia’s city of Ani

In 1064, in a fit of imperial expansion, the Seljuk Turks overran Armenia and Georgia before going on to conquer Anatolia. In the shape of things to come, Armenia’s fabled capital of Ani was pillaged and destroyed.

Remembering Armenia 1915-2015

Some call it the Armenian Genocide, others the Great Catastrophe. Some even deny it ever took place. One hundred years later, there are signs that the truth will finally be recognized.

Armenia: Land of stone and memories

“The first thing I saw in Armenia was stone; and what I took away when I left was a memory of stone… And what best expresses the soul of Armenia is neither the deep blue of Lake Sevan nor the peach orchards and vineyards of the Ararat valley; what expresses the soul of Armenia is stone.”

Armenia: Between a mountain and a hard place

Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. It is situated on a hill overlooking Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan. Every year on 24 April, hundreds of thousands of Armenians gather there to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

Armenian – a language “half as old as time”

Reinvigorating a language in the age of digital communications ought to be easy. After all, the Internet makes sources and resources widely available and social media technologies encourage linguistic improvisation. Armenian – threatened by historical exile and then by Russification – is a case in point.