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ONE OF THE REMARKABLE LCHASHEN WAGONS. XIV-XVTH CENTURIES BC.
ON DISPLAY IN THE HISTORY MUSEUM OF ARMENIA IN YEREVAN.
THESE WAGONS AND WAR CHARIOTS ALONG WITH METAL WEAPONRY AND
HORSE DOMESTICATION MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF
KILOMETERS LONG JOURNEYS OF INDO-EUROPEANS FROM ARMENIAN
HIGHLAND TO ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE VERY CIVILIZATION
BEGAN WITH THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION IN ARMENIAN HIGHLAND
AROUND 12,000 YEARS AGO AS THE REMARKABLE SITES AT
HALLAN CEMI, CAYONU, NEVALI CORI AND GOBEKLI TEPE ATTEST.
IT IS HERE THAT COUNTLESS FIRSTS LIKE FIRST EXAMPLES OF
SMELTED COPPER [ABOUT 9,500 YEARS OLD!] AND FIRST
WOVEN CLOTH [ABOUT 10,000 YEARS OLD] HAVE BEEN FOUND.
THE VERY AGE OF COPPER THAT BEGAN THE REVOLUTIONARY
SMELTING OF COPPER IS NAMED CHALCOLITHIC AFTER
THE GREEK NAME FOR THE ARMENIAN SMELTERS OF METALS
CHALC-CHALDS AS COUNTLESS CLASSICAL HISTORIANS ATTEST.
THE HIGHLANDER MASTER SMELTERS OF VARIOUS METALS
[COPPER, BRONZE, AND EVENTUALLY IRON] KEPT THE SECRET
OF METAL FORGING FOR COUNTLESS MILLENNIA....
METSAMOR FOUNDRY CENTER STILL ASTONISHES THE
VISITORS TO THIS DAY WITH ITS VASTNESS ENCOMPASSING
DOZENS OF HECTARES OF TERRITORY NEAR THE VICINITY OF
ANCIENT ARMAVIR.

A PIECE OF IRON BROUGHT FROM ARMENIA WAS GIVEN
AS THE FIRST PRIZE TO THE WINNER OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
WHILE A RULE WAS PASSED THAT ANYONE IN POSSESSION OF
IRON [ESPECIALLY IRON WEAPONS] HAD TO TAKE THEM OUT
BEFORE ENTERING INTO THE DELPHIC TEMPLES.

SILVER BOWL FROM THE LARGE MOUND IN THE FIELD OF
KARAŠAMB TOMBS. XXII-XXI CENTURIES BC.
ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF ARMENIA,
REPUBLIC SQUARE, YEREVAN.

SILVER BOWL FROM THE LARGE MOUND IN THE FIELD OF
KARAŠAMB TOMBS. XXII-XXI CENTURIES BC.
ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF ARMENIA,
REPUBLIC SQUARE, YEREVAN.

PECTORAL OF GOLD, AGATE, CORNELIAN FROM THE LARGE MOUND
IN THE FIELD OF KARAŠAMB TOMBS. XXII-XXI CENTURIES BC.
ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF ARMENIA,
REPUBLIC SQUARE, YEREVAN.

BRONZE AXE FROM THE LARGE MOUND IN THE FIELD OF
KARAŠAMB TOMBS. XXII-XXI CENTURIES BC.
ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF ARMENIA,
REPUBLIC SQUARE, YEREVAN.

A CUP OF PURE GOLD WITH TWO LIONS FACING [BATTLING] EACH OTHER.
 VANADZOR. XVIITH CENTURY BC.

The Akkadian king Naram-Suen [2236 - 2200 BC] launched an  incursion into the Armenian Highland in order to fight the powerful kingdom of ARMANI or ARATTA under the leadership of the Armani-Armenian King Madakina. In the inscriptions that were made both in Akkad and in southern portions of Armenia, he gave the details of the military campaigns against the Kingdom of ARMANI around the area of Lake Van. It is interesting to point out here that, the inscriptions tell us that later a portion of the the warrior highlanders of Aratta would later descent onto lower Mesopotamia -- defeat Naram-Suen -- and secure their own rule over the Near East.

T H E    S A C R E D   H O M E L A N D  O F   T H E   A R -M E N  
I N   T H E   H I G H L A N D S   O F  A R M A N I A.

ARMENIC SHINAR-SUMERIANS ON THE STANDARD OF UR [AR] RIDING THE
REVOLUTIONARY CHARIOTS...AS THE WATERS GRADUALLY CEDED NEW
ARABLE LANDS WERE AVAILABLE IN A POST-DELUGE PERIOD IN LOWER MESOPOTAMIA
AROUND FIFTH MILLENNIUM BC. THE CONNECTION WITH THE SACRED HIGHLAND
HOMELAND WAS NEVER SEVERED, IN FACT SETTLERS FROM THE MOTHER COUNTRY
CONTINUED TO DESCENT USING NAVIGATIONAL SHIPS THAT SAILED FROM
ARMENIAN HIGHLAND AND NORTHERN ARMENIAN MESOPOTAMIA DOWN TO
UR-URUK-ERKESH ON AND ON.

MITANNI-SURYAN [SURYA...CONNECTED WITH SIRIUS...
THE SUN GOD IN MIT[R]ANNI-VEDIC PANTHEON THAT IS THE NAME SAKE OF
SURYA-HURYA-SYRIA...HARRAN-HURRI] INSCRIPTION DEPICTING THE RENOWNED
PHOENICIAN [AND LATER VENETIAN...] MARINERS THAT LITERARILY SAILED
THE 'SEVEN SEAS' THROUGHOUT AND SPREAD CIVILIZATION THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF THE ANCIENT WORLD...
THE ATLANTEAN-MITANNI DRAGON SHIPS WOULD CONTINUE WITH HELLENIC AND
SCANDINAVIAN VIKINGS WHO WERE AS MUCH AS [IF NOT MORE SO] EXPLORERS
AND TRADERS RATHER THAN RAIDERS AND PILLAGERS...
NOTE THE 3 -- 8-POINTED COSMIC WHEELS 888 [OGDOAD 24... COMPLETE
NIGHT AND DAY]...FISH-PISCES STANDING FOR THE AQUATIC GOD [FISH-VISHAP-
VISHNU] AND ALT. COSMIC WATERS/WISDOM [VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL SYMBOL
IN A RELIEF FROM SCANDINAVIA MANY MILLENNIA LATER...]

YGGDRASIL -- THE TREE OF LIFE -- UPON THE HORIZON...WITH TWO SPIRALING
SPINNING WHEELS AS TWO OUROBOROI [8...ETERNITY] FACING EACH OTHER.
AT THE VERY TOP THE 8 CRESCENTS [MOON CYCLES] UNITE TO FORM THE
COSMIC SOLAR WHEEL [NOTE THE TRIANGLES ON THE WHIRLING SPOKES]...
THE NAVIGATORS OF DESTINY IN LITERAL AND ALLEGORICAL [MILKY WAY...
COSMIC TRAVELERS IN SPACE AND TIME...WINGED FLYING DISK]. VISHAP-DRAGON
GUARDING THE TREE OF LIFE/KNOWLEDGE. JUTLAND ISLAND, V-VITH CENTURIES AD.

DARING NAVIGATORS WHO VENTURED INTO THE UNKNOWN TO VIK...

The word Armani - an early form of Armen-Armin [Armen or Arman denotes the national affiliation, as with many cultures standing for the particular nation thus, the God AR being the primary deity in the Indo-European pantheon - thus AR MAN denotes -- Men of Ar or Children of Ar, again initially AR standing for ARAREL-ARARICH [hence Ar-Ar-At the Place of ARAR] -- Create-Creator, also Sun, Light, Life and Love.
 

A CEREMONIAL STATUETTE FROM ARTIK‛.
3 TRIANGLES ON THE BODY POINTING UPWARD AND
2 POINTING DOWNWARD. ONE POLE/AXIS MUNDE WITH
TWO RIGHT AND LEFT STEMS
IN THE SHAPE OF A BOAT [PRECESSION]/CRESCENT.
NOTE THE TIPS. SECOND MILLENNIUM BC.

BRONZE BELT FROM SECOND MILLENNIUM BC.