History Museum of Armenia opens new exhibition hallDecember 17, 2009 - 15:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - New exhibition hall in the History Museum of Armenia opened on December 17, featuring a valuable collection of artifacts excavated over the last century on the territory of the country."The exhibition features artifacts, which date back 200 000 - 1000 BC. For the first time more than 1200 artifacts belonging to all stages of the ancient Stone and Bronze Ages from 200 archaeological localities are exhibited. The collection is valuable because all items have been found on the territory of Armenia. It will help us learn the history of our country better than ever," Museum director Anelka Grigoryan said. The territory of the new exhibition hall, which is 1500 square meters, will be enlarged by spring enabling to exhibit the pieces of Armenian culture of Urartian, Byzantine, Hellenistic and Christian periods up to the 7th century. Currently there are more than half a million archaeological, ethnographic, documentary exhibits in the Museum of History of Armenia. The exhibition was visited by the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan and cultural workers. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |