The Copper age also known as Chalcolithic (5300-3600BC) is one of most remarkable periods in Armenian Highlands. Copper was abundant in mountains and populations using it and living there had an important changes in lifestyle which gave them a competitive advantage. This resulted in waves of migrations out of historic Armenia and neighbouring regions. Many haplotypes are related to this migrations. One of them is the T1a1a-L208.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
The Copper age also known as Chalcolithic (5300-3600BC) is one of most remarkable periods in Armenian Highlands
Monday, July 24, 2023
I am starting to work on the new AADR file
I am starting to work on the new AADR (Reich lab) file were new labels are given to ancient samples in general and Armenian one in particular.
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Thursday, July 13, 2023
The story of Hurrian thunder god Teshub fighting his father Kumarbi and Greek god Zeus fighting Cronus has many similarities.
The story of Hurrian thunder god Teshub fighting his father Kumarbi and Greek god Zeus fighting Cronus has many similarities. Those similarities concern specific details which makes unlikely the possibility of random coincidence. Two possibilities can be envisaged for explaining this situation.
Friday, July 7, 2023
I am preparing a large thread about the post Urartian Armenia (RoA), especially the shift from Etiuni to Armenian genetic profile.
I am preparing a large thread about the post Urartian Armenia (RoA), especially the shift from Etiuni to Armenian genetic profile. I started to look closer to some relevant samples. For instance the two samples labeled Sarukhan_unknown.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Another example when an ancient deity is mentioned in old Armenian texts as a person
Another example when an ancient deity is mentioned in old Armenian texts as a person.