- Zorats Karer
Zorats Karer ("transl|hy|Zorac‘ K‘arer, Zorac Qarer, Zorakarer, Zorakar" Armenian: _hy. Զորաց Քարեր), also known as Angelakot or Karahunj ("transl|hy|K‘arahunǰ, Qarahunj, Karahundj", _hy. Քարահունջ), is a
megalithic structure near the city ofSisian in theSyunik province ofArmenia .History
According to scientist’s findings, a temple consisting of 40 stones built in honor of the
Armenians ’ main God, Ari, meaning the Sun, is situated in the central part of Carahunge. Besides the temple, it had a large and developed observatory, and also a university that makes up the temple’s wings.The structure surrounds a Bronze Age cemetery set on a natural elevation. The site was in use from the Middle Bronze Age (2nd to 1st millennia BC), and contains some extraordinarychamber tomb s. A wall of rocks and loam was built, of which only the vertical rocks remain standing.In the Hellenistic and Roman period, the site was probably used as a fortified place of refuge.The site has some notability in
archaeoastronomy , where it is interpreted as an "ancient observatory". Armenian physicist and archaeoastronomy enthusiastParis Herouni dates it to 7,000 B.C.A similar structure is found at Metsamor.
ee also
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Stonehenge
*Arbor Low
*Avebury
*Callanish
*Circular ditches
*Cromlech
*Dolmen
*Megaliths
*Gungywamp
*Harrespil
*List of megalithic monuments in Cork
* Photographic list of stone circles
*Long Meg and Her Daughters
*Menhir
*Mitchell's Fold
*Neolithic
*Petroforms
*Stone circle (Iron Age)
*Trilithon References
* [http://www.vaa.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/Armenia/2000/Armenia-2000-Eng.html 2000 Survey in Southern Armenia] , Institut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie,
University of Munich .External links
* [http://www.armenianhighland.com Armenian History - contains detailed info]
* [http://www.armeniainfo.am/sites/?section=other_desc&page=1&site_id=17 armeniainfo.am]
* [http://www.astrologycom.com/armstone1.html Karahundj - Armenia's Stonehenge]
* [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Karahunj Karahunj at ArmeniaPedia]
* [http://www.welcomearmenia.com/main.php?id=7&sid=203&lang=eng Zorats Karer - ancient astrological observatory]
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