Excavations will continue in the Antic District of Tigranakert in Artsakh

11:33, 4 May, 2013

YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS. The excavations of Tigranakert of Artsakh
will start on June 25 this year and will continue until August 20.
Hamlet Petrsyan, the head of the archeological expedition group,
mentioned in a conversation with Armenpress that the excavations of
the Antic District of Tigranakert will continue this year. `New tombs
are discovered, we’ll try to excavate them. We will also continue to
open the 180-meter-open gate,’ he said.

Petrosyan – giving importance to cooperation with archeological
institutions of different countries mentioned that negotiations are
going on with two European universities. `23 million AMD was allocated
by the government of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh for realizing
excavations. Bako Sahakyan – President of Artsakh – assigned to buy us
a home for which we are very glad as we do not have our own abode
here,’ – Petrosyan said. The archeologist says that 4 brigades will
work on the excavations. The excavation group will consist of 14-16
people. `This year we will try to create a new museum exhibition. We
want to extend the previous exhibition of the museum which has about
35.000 visitors per year. The work on the book `The Monument and the
Society in Tigranakert of Artsakh’ is also going on. We will introduce
in the book not only the results of the excavations but also the
public approach towards the monument as activities in Tgranakert are
not only academic activity for us,’ – he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress