World’s oldest leather shoe excavated in Armenia
Stuffed with grass, perhaps as an insulator or an early shoe tree, the 5,500-year-old moccasin-like shoe was found exceptionally well preserved—thanks to a surfeit of sheep dung—during a recent dig in an Armenian cave.About as big as a current women's
The rug for the Olympic Games held in Los Angeles woven by an Armenian
An Armenian refugee Pilibos Kazanjian who settled in the United States after the Armenian Genocide of 1895, wove an exquisite rug dedicated to the 1932 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles. A photograph of him and this rug appeared in
The silk robe of the Armenian woman from Ayntab: made in China or inspired by Chinese art?
by Ani Margaryan The items in the Baghdasarian-Melkissetian collection once belonged to Lena Baghdasarian-Melkissetian’s grandmother, Lioni Nalbantian, are of great interest to the art researchers. It is known, that Lena Baghdasarian was married in Ayntab to Simon Nalbantian who was a
The Karashamb Goblet- the epitome of the Bronze Age Armenian social hierarchy and beliefs
The Goblet from the 22nd - 21st centuries BCE was discovered in Karashamb - a village in the Kotayk region of Armenia. It is kept in the History Museum of Armenia. The goblet was found in 1987 in the village
The stamps of the official national postal operator of Armenia- HayPost, on the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Tiger
The stamps of the official national postal operator of Armenia- HayPost, on the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Tiger
The story behind an Armenian photograph
The story behind this photograph has been passed down from generation to generation. In 1898, Bedros Murachanian (pictured with his parents, names unknown) received a premonition from God that he and his family should flee Diyarbakir city. The family fled
The Chinese artist’s female busts intricately fused with landscapes
Yuanxing Liang redefines the bust sculpture with his intricate fantasy art. The prototyping teacher crafts intricate portraits featuring faces of women that are fused with delicate flourishes and elements of landscapes. Most notably, their hair becomes a site of surrealism;
Noodles in Chinese and Armenian traditional cuisine
Zhongjiang dried noodle (面条), purely handmade, can be traced back to ancient China's Song Dynasty (960-1297). It is well known in China as it is as thin as hair and tastes as tender as bean curd. The humid weather of
Juxtaposition of the Armenian and Chinese people in the Dutch 17th century engraving
A talented Dutch illustrator, engraver, and poet of the late 17th century and early 18th century Jan Luyken lived and worked in Amsterdam. His engravings created for the cartographic 5-volume atlas “The New Marine Torch” published in 1681 as well as
Armenia as the Bronze Age supplier of iron to China
The excavations of the ruins at a Bronze Age archaeological settlement of Metsamor in central Armenia have revealed a very large metal industry including a foundry with 2 kinds of blast furnaces. The foundry is known to have extracted and
