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13/10/2021

🍷🍇The tradition of winemaking in Armenia goes way back in time... As a matter of fact, the 6100 year old Areni-1, the world's oldest wine cave was discovered here, in the Vayots Dzor region.

Today, this tradition is still going strong, with 5 of the country's 10 provinces producing high quality wine.

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06/09/2021

Signagi or Sighnaghi 😍😍😍

03/09/2021

Independence Day of Artsakh!

31/08/2021

Yup. 😍💕😎

29/08/2021

Good job! 🙌🏼

A reason to celebrate🎉
🇦🇲The Armenian-owned Picsart - the largest creative platform in the world - raises 130 million USD in series C becoming the tech world's newest Unicorn.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2021/08/26/picsart-is-techs-newest-unicorn---and-adobe-should-be-afraid/

Once again Armenians excel in what they do...✨

29/08/2021

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25/08/2021

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25/08/2021

Oldest winery. 😍💕

The World’s Oldest Winery - Armenian Explorers

The Areni-1 winery is a 6100-year-old winery discovered in 2007. The cave complex is located in the Areni village in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia, 1080 m above sea level, 12 km away from Yeghegnadzor town. In Armenia, the Areni Cave complex is also known as “Birds’ Cave” (“Trchuneri” in Armenian).

Researchers at UC Irvine and Oxford University have dated the installation and associated artifacts between 4100 B.C. and 4000 B.C.

List of some of the objects uncovered in Areni Complex by Archeologists:
• A Shallow basin made of pressed clay measuring about 3 feet by 3.5 feet;
•A perfectly preserved leather shoe considered one of the oldest shoes in the world, about 5,500 years;
•Winery consisting of fermentation vats, a wine press, storage jars, pottery sherds;
•Bowls for the consumption of wine; several wine-making tools;
•The remnants of domesticated grapevines;
•As many as 20 human burials located beside the wine-making zone within the cave;
•Various drinking cups around the graves;
•Cylindrical cup made of some animal horn;
•A complete drinking bowl of clay, as well as many bowl fragments;
•Traces of grape seeds, pressed grapes, prunes, walnuts, apricots, wheat, and barley in vessels and jars.
•Pitchers stored in separate niches intended for wine production;

The findings in Areni Complex prove the existence of wine and winery in Armenia since 4000 BC.

Archaeologists and scientists believe that the ancient peoples who inhabited the Areni Cave might have used wine in some ritual or mortuary practice.

More exciting and intriguing discoveries to come since a considerable part of the Areni Complex is still unexplored.

By: R. Tekeyan

Read more:
https://phys.org/news/2011-01-earliest-winery-armenian-cave.html
https://www.worldhistory.org/Areni_Cave/
https://www.wineterroirs.com/2011/05/oldest_known_winery_areni_armenia.html

21/08/2021

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From semi-desert areas to dense forests, flower-peppered valleys and lakes, Georgia's national parks are full of natural treasures waiting to be discovered.

13/08/2021

Yerevan, Armenia 😍😍😍

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01/08/2021

Launching Armenia Tours!
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01/08/2021

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23/07/2021

Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi commonly known as Sameba, is the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
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20/07/2021

20/07/2021

The Chronicle of Georgia near Tbilisi Sea was designed by the well-known local artist Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 3000 years of Georgian sovereignty and 2000 years of Christianity in Georgia. This place is enormous and extremely impressive!
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19/07/2021

Uplistsikhe Cave Town - The Lord's Fortress, UNESCO World Heritage, was an important religious, political and cultural centre in the Hellenistic period. This gem is located in Gori, Georgia.
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06/07/2021

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What are your plans for the summer?
A trip to 📍Tobavarchkhili lake is one of the most impressive alpine treks you can do in Georgia. 🌳🥰

01/07/2021

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30/06/2021

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Briefing:👇
👉The curfew will be abolished from July 1;
👉From today, wearing face masks in open spaces is no longer mandatory;
👉One million doses of vaccine will be delivered in 2 weeks.

30/06/2021

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Today, from 23:00 the curfew to be abolished, based on the decision of the Interagency Coordination Council of the Government. The decision was made on June 22, when the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili, announced: “From July 1, the restriction on movement will be lifted, the so-call...

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23/06/2021

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Spirits Within: White Aragvi and Black Aragvi, Georgia
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💚 There is an incredible place that attracts many tourists in the east of , the region Mtskheta-Mtianeti (near Pasanauri village). You can see the confluence of two rivers there – the white and the black Aragvi. The most amazing thing that the flows of two rivers do not mix up and look as a black-white stream. A bit lower they meet another river – Pshavskaya Aragvi of a blue-green color.
👂 According to the local , the two rivers are sisters – blonde and brunette who fell in love with one and the same brave knight. The knight married the fair-haired sister, and the dark-haired one, to stay out of their happiness, jumped from the mountain and turned into the black river. The blonde began to miss her so much, that also took her own life and turned into the white river. The third river is the knight himself who became the reason of two deaths and could not live with this…