Armenian oligarchs decorating their country cottages with ancient artifacts?May 17, 2011 - 13:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two ancient millstones used for oil production were discovered at the depth of 2 meters in Pavstos Byuzand street of Yerevan, behind the Museum of History. Head of the archeology and ethnography department at Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Suren Obosyan, who examined the millstones, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that upon discovery, he contacted the Museum of History for their further transportation to the Museum. “However, the millstones disappeared and by unknown reasons were not transported to the Museum,” Obosyan said. The archeologist asserts that he requested a company engaged on preservation of ancient monuments but no one arrived at the site, alleging shortage of time. Obosyan is convinced that the artifacts were taken to a country cottage of one of Armenian oligarchs, however, he can’t provide any name. Two types of millstones were used in the Armenian Plateau, their appearance remaining unchanged in the period of 10-20th centuries. In mountainous regions, they were used for production of linseed oil. In the lowland, ones for production of sesame oil were used. It’s remarkable that the millstones found in Yerevan were meant for production of linseed oil, but it’s known that flax-plants neither grew nor was processed in Yerevan. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |