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Armenia is a mountainous country, and therefore rich in mineral resources such as iron, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, gold, silver, antimony, aluminium, as well as other scarce and hard-to-find metals. Iron and copper ore, especially, are exported in significant volume. More than 670 solid mineral mines, including 30 metal mines, are currently registered in the state inventory of mineral resources. About 400 of these are exploited, including 22 metal mines:...Read More

Autumn may be considered to be the most beautiful season in Armenia as nature creates here a fantastic harmony of colours and sceneries. The colourful leaves “decorate” the whole nature and landscape creating the sense of a “second spring”. If you plan to travel to Armenia, than Autumn must be the best season to pack your things. You will enjoy here the fantastic game of its colours and the most...Read More

The Armenian alphabet is a true masterpiece of its era and knows many secrets. However, there is one in particular that still blows the mind. As some people know the Armenian alphabet was (re)invented in 405 AD by the Armenian linguist and theologian Mesrop Mashtots with the help of the patriarch Sahak Partev and the Armenian king Vramshapouh. For these achievements Mashtots was made a saint in the Armenian Church....Read More

The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, also known as Cilician Armenia Lesser Armenia, or New Armenia and formerly known as the Armenian Principality of Cilicia was an Armenian state formed during the High Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. Located outside the Armenian Highlands and distinct from the Kingdom of Armenia of antiquity, it was centred in the Cilicia region northwest of the Gulf of Alexandretta....Read More