Tigranakert the largest Hellenic monument in the Caucasus
15:54 05.10.2013
Sona Hakobyan
Public Radio of Armenia
Today there is no Hellenic monument in the Caucasus larger than
Tigranakert. Head of the Tigranakert expedition Hamlet Petrosyan, who
started the excavations in Artsakh back in 2006 at his own initiative,
considers that the researches works at the site have long exceeded the
limits of an academic study with regard to the development of tourism
and diffativerent cultural inities.
Although Hamlet Petrosyan has never been interested in politics, he
notes that our political field fails to use the historical-cultural
monuments, while the cultural heritage could become a powerful tool in
the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
According to him, no politician or political scientist has ever spoken
about the importance of the discovery of the city built by King Tigran
on the territory of Artsakh next to Aghdam.
The research works in Tigranakert are of great significance from the
viewpoint of cultural policy, as well. However, this is not propagated
at a proper level, either, the archaeologist said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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