Aghtsk

Infobox Settlement
official_name =Aghtsk Աղձք
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Aragatsotn
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population_as_of = 2008
population_total =1785
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latd=40 |latm=18 |lats=59 |latNS=N
longd=44|longm=15 |longs=13 |longEW=E
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Aghtsk ( _hy. Աղձք, also Romanized as Aghts’k’, and Aghdzq; formerly, Akhs, Akis, Hakhs, and Dzorap) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town contains a large 4th century grave monument complex. According to Armenian lore, Shapur II of Persia exhumed the bones of the Armenian kings and took them to Persia symbolically taking Armenia's power. When Vassak Mamikonian defeated the Persians and reclaimed the bones of the Arshakuni monarchs, he buried them at Aghtsk. Remains of the monuments and a 4th century basilica are still to be seen.

References

*GEOnet2|32FA881E756A3774E0440003BA962ED3
* [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-17&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Armenia] – World-Gazetteer.com
* [http://www.armstat.am/file/doc/70.pdf Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census]
*Kiesling, "Rediscoving Armenia", p. 16, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website]