Guidebook for Yerevan
Arts & Culture
The Erebuni settlement is located on Arin Berd, which is situated between Nor-Aresh and Vardashen districts in the south-eastern suburbs of Yerevan. It was constructed in 782 BC by one of the greatest kings of Urartu, Argishti the First (786-765 / 764 BC). According to the Khorkhoryan inscription, he resettled in Arin Berd 6,600 warriors from the countries of Khate and Tsupany, situated in the western part of the Armenian highlands. In the late 19th century, archeologist A. Ivanovsky took a basalt cuneiform inscription from P. Ter-Avetikyan in Nork. The inscription was interpreted and copied by M. Nikolsky. After some partial excavations by Ivanovsky, the hill remained unexplored for a long
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Erebuni Museum
The Erebuni settlement is located on Arin Berd, which is situated between Nor-Aresh and Vardashen districts in the south-eastern suburbs of Yerevan. It was constructed in 782 BC by one of the greatest kings of Urartu, Argishti the First (786-765 / 764 BC). According to the Khorkhoryan inscription, he resettled in Arin Berd 6,600 warriors from the countries of Khate and Tsupany, situated in the western part of the Armenian highlands. In the late 19th century, archeologist A. Ivanovsky took a basalt cuneiform inscription from P. Ter-Avetikyan in Nork. The inscription was interpreted and copied by M. Nikolsky. After some partial excavations by Ivanovsky, the hill remained unexplored for a long
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