The essential contributions of Armenians to the translation of the Bible into Chinese and Uyghur
During the 16th and 17th centuries, Jesuit missionaries made early attempts to translate portions of the Bible into Chinese. However, the credit for the first complete Chinese translation of the Bible goes to Hovhannes Ghazarian. Another Armenian, Johannes Avetaranian, is
Two Armenian astrolabes as evidence of Armenian voyages and the cosmopolitan nature of Armenian intellectuals
During the Middle Ages, astrolabes were utilized as compact instruments in Europe and the Middle Eastern world. Their principal functions encompassed measuring the altitude of celestial objects above the horizon, determining precise time and date, and establishing geographical position on
Another discovery of Ruben Giney: an old Armenian restaurant in harbin, China
The Armenian-born film director, researcher, writer, historian, and photographer Ruben Giney has recently unveiled another story referring to the presence of Armenians in China- the Armenian restaurant “Tatos,” established in 1901 by one of the Harbin-based Armenian immigrants, Tatos Ter-Hakobyants.
