Tomb :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Tomb

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Gandzak / Gandzak

Description

The neighbourhood of Gandzak and the entire region in general are rich in Bronze Age monuments and, particularly, burial mounds.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 58.

19 c․

In the 1870s, Ghahraman Sargissian Hovhannissiants, an archaeologist who later worked as mayor of Gandzak, conducted excavations in the site of Arablu Hogh located within 3 versts of the city: “...Those graves are recognized thanks to some huge blocks of stone once scattered over the tombs. Some of them were dug out by Mr. Ghahraman Sergei Ovannissian for the purpose of finding the antiquities they were alleged to retain. Truly, that honourable person’s efforts and means spent were not futile: he discovered several ancient relics which can be of great use to those interested in the study of their Armenian ancestors’ lives, their faith and customs. The archaeological finds include a dagger, representations of the sun, the moon, a snake, two birds as well as three bracelets, a thin belt, an incensory and two jugs, all of them cast in an alloy of gold...”

“Meghu Hayastani,” 1880, No. 50, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 58.

1899 y․

In 1899 German archaeologist E. Resler commenced investigation into some tumuli situated in the vicinity of Gandzak: “Working near Yelizavetpol, on May I, I unearthed 12 large, very interesting steppe tombs bearing the traces of cremation.”

Resler, E. Archaeological Research in Transcaucasia. In: “Kavkaz,” Tiflis, 1903, No. 179, p. 2, in Russian (the original reads, “В мае месяце я около г. Елисаветполя открыл 12 больших очень интересных степных курганов, частию с признаками трупосожжения, относящихся к бронзовому веку”).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 58.