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The ruins of the Erebuni Fortress located in the suburbs of present-day Yerevan, Armenia date from 782 BCE. In Armenian, the fortress and archaeological site is known as “Arin-Berd” or the “Fortress of Blood,” and the...

Armenian flag at the medieval Amberd Fortress, Armenia. Dating from the 7th century CE, Amberd is an Armenia fortress complex located on the slopes of Mt. Aragats in the province of Aragatsotn. "Amberd" translates from...

Before Amberd Fortress was constructed in the 7th century CE, Stone Age peoples, the Urartians, and even the Romans used and understood the location's strategic advantages, lying at the intersection of the Amberd...

Ruins of the Byzantine fortress of Ammaedara, photograph by Carole Raddato, Haidra, Tunisia, 11 February, 2023. The impressive Byzantine fortress of Ammaedara (Haidra in modern-day Tunisia) was constructed in 550...

Amberd Fortress, in the Aragatsotn province of Armenia, has a long and rich history. Its name translates as "fortress in the clouds" in Armenian, and it sits along the slopes of Mount Aragats at an altitude of 2300 m (7546...

Founded in 782 BCE, Erebuni Fortress is older than the ancient city of Rome. The fortress was the chief administrative center for several generations of Urartian kings. It is considered by many historians and archaeologists...

These are the ruins of Amberd Fortress in Aragatsotn Province in what's present-day Armenia. The fortress was founded in the 7th century CE, while Armenia was ruled by the Kamsarakan princes. The Pahlavuni, Zakaryan...

There is a cyclopic fortress and an ancient settlement at the southern edge of the necropolis in Lchashen, Armenia. The fortress dates from the mid-3rd millennium BCE while the settlement dates from the 4th...

Smbataberd Fortress is an ancient and medieval fortress located near the village of Artabuynk, in Armenia. It was founded sometime in the 5th century CE and endured as a major fortress in southeastern Armenia until...

This photograph shows a portion of the Narikala Fortress, which runs parallel to the city of Tbilisi, Georgia and the Kura River. The fortress was first built in the 4th century CE and later expanded by the Umayyads...