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Armenian epic hero's grave and oldest horse burial site found in Armenia

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    ARMENIAN EPIC HERO'S GRAVE AND OLDEST HORSE BURIAL PLACE FOUND IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
    Eva Sahakyan

    YerevanReport.com
    Sept 7 2010
    Armenia

    YEREVAN, September 7-Armenian archeologists discovered an ancient
    burial place of a horse during archeological excavations on the
    territory of the Republic of Armenia. Hakob Simonian, the director
    of the Research Center of Cultural and Historical Heritage, told the
    journalists about this.

    According to him, the excavations were found in the Nerkin Naver
    necropolis, which is 3.5 km to the west of Ashtarak.

    "This find dates back to the 26-25th centuries BC, and it's the
    oldest burial place of a horse discovered to this day. It has an
    all-important significance not only for Armenia, but for the whole
    Western Asia as well," Simonian said.

    The archeological find testifies that Armenians used horses for
    military purposes. Simonian mentioned that horse is the animal that
    defined the development of humanity, and its domestication can be
    associated with the establishment of civilization.

    During the excavations in Nerkin Naver, the Armenian archeologists
    discovered another burial place that resembles the grave of one of
    the heroes of the famous Armenian national epic poem Sasuntsi David
    ("David of Sassoon").

    Simonian says that the burial place is surprisingly rich, proper only
    for heroes. A lion claw was found under the head of the buried man,
    and according to the epic poem, a lion skin was put under Lion-Mher's
    (Aryudz Mher) head. According to Simonian, this find can imply that
    the epic poem has a real-life basis.

    "Expensive arms were also found in the burial place, a valuable saber
    among them, which is indeed a rarity. One more time this emphasizes
    the fact that the buried man wasn't an ordinary man," Simonian added.


    The Nerkin Naver necropolis counts 30 burial places. Seven burial
    places have already been examined and the excavations of the 8th one
    are being carried out.


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    I wonder what, if any, evidence was found that identified him more directly as Armenian?
    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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