Presentations / Talks
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Conference program
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9 July, Tuesday
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Opening ceremony
Welcome Speech
President of NAS RA, acad. Radik Martirosyan,
Acad. secretary of the Division of Armenian Studies and Social Sciences of NAS RA Yuri Suvaryan
Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of RA
Narine Khachaturyan
Prof. of Cornell University, USA, Adam T. Smith
Prof. of Winchester University, UK, Keith Wilkinson
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09:30-10:00
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On the history of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
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10:00-10:15
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Pavel Avetisyan, Arsen Bobokhyan
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Remembrance words: curriculum makers of the Institute
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10:15-11:15
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Mkrtich Zardaryan, Garegin Tumanyan, Irena Kalantaryan, Avetis Grigoryan, Arsen Bobokhyan
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Coffee break
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11:15-11:30
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Paleolithic - Initial occupation stages of the region
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Keith Wilkinson, Boris Gasparyan
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Pleistocene geomorphology and geology of the Hrazdan Valley, Central Armenia: linking volcanism and the Palaeolithic record
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11:30-11:55
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Jennifer Sherriff, Keith Wilkinson, Daniel Adler, Dmitri Arakelyan, Emily Beverly, Simon Blockley, Boris Gasparyan, Darren Mark, Khachatur Meliksetian, Samvel Nahapteyan, Katie Preece, Rhys Timms
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Geochemical evidence for the control of fire by Middle Palaeolithic hominins
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11:55-12:20
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Alex Brittingham, Michael T. Hren, Gideon Hartman, Keith N. Wilkinson, Carolina Mallol, Boris Gasparyan, Daniel S. Adler
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Niches that never been abandoned. Study of the cave sites in the Republic of Armenia
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12:20-12:45
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Boris Gasparyan, Artur Petrosyan, Ariel Malinsky-Buller, Phil Glauberman, Keith Wilkinson, Andrew Kandel, Makoto Arimura, Roberto Dan, Dmitri Arakelyan, Samvel Nahapetyan, Anahit Khudaverdyan, Ani Adigyozalyan, Hayk Haydosyan, Hayk Azizbekyan, Daniel Adler
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Exploitation of Pleistocene landscapes and resources. Main results of study of the Paleolithic open-air sites in the Republic of Armenia
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12:45-13:10
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Boris Gasparyan, Keith Wilkinson, Andrew Kandel, Charles Egeland, Ariel Malinsky-Buller, Phil Glauberman, Ellery Frahm, Artur Petrosyan, Samvel Nahapetyan, Dmitri Arakelyan, Jennifer Sherrif, Daniel Adler
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Lunch
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13:10-14:30
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Neolithic and Eneolithic (Chalcolithic) - Early agricultural and farming societies
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Ruben Badalyan, Artur Petrosyan
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A step forward to the neolitization. Early Holocene sites of the Republic of Armenia
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14:30-14:55
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Artur Petrosyan, Makoto Arimura, Samvel Nahapetyan, Dmitri Arakelyan, Boris Gasparyan
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6
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The Late Neolithic culture of Armenia: the first farmers in the Ararat valley
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14:55-15:20
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Ruben Badalyan, Armine Harutyunyan, Christine Chataigner, Jaques Chabot, Adrian Bălăşescu, Roman Hovsepyan, Lilit Ter-Minasyan
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New light on the Late Neolithic communities of the Ararat Plain: recent discoveries from Masis Blur
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15:20-15:45
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Kristine Martirosyan-Olshansky, Pavel Avetisyan, Gregory Areshian, Roman Hovsepyan, Anneke Janzen, Adrian Bălăşescu, Varduhi Melikyan
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Coffee break
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15:45-16:00
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Maikop-Novosvobodnenskaya community of the Caucasus: chronology and variants
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16:00-16:25
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Sergey N. Korenevsky
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Discussions
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16:25-17:00
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10 July, Wednesday
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Early Bronze Age - Formation and spread of the Kura-Araxes Culture
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Ashot Piliposyan, Adam T. Smith
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ArAGATS 1998 – 2018. 20 years of investigations into Bronze and Iron Age sites in the Tsaghkahovit plain
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10:00-10:25
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Ruben Badalyan, Adam T. Smith, Lori Khatchadourian, Ian Lindsay, Armine Harutyunyan, Alan F. Greene, Belinda Monahan, Roman Hovsepyan, Maureen Marshall, Lilit Ter-Minasyan
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10
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Main results of archaeological investigations in the Sotk region
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10:25-10:50
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Arsen Bobokhyan, Rene Kunze, Khachatur Meliksetyan, Roman Hovsepyan, Mariam Amiryan
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New perspectives on Kura-Araxes Shengavit
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10:50-11:15
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Mitchell Rothman, Hakob Simonyan, Pam Crabtree, Jennifer Piro, Roman Hovsepyan
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Coffee break
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11:15-11:30
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Obsidian networks and emergent frontiers in the Early and Late Bronze Ages: a view from Project ArAGATS
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11:30-11:55
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Adam T. Smith
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The Tavush Archaeological Project
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11:55-12:20
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Bérengère Perello, Ruben Badalyan, Levon Aghikyan, Karen Azatyan, Olivier Barge, Emmanuelle Régagnon
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Middle Bronze Age - Societies with increasing mobility
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Hakob Simonyan, Arsen Bobokhyan
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The Vishaps of Karmir Sar: history of a sacred site on Mt. Aragats from the Chalcolithic period to present times
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12:20-12:45
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Alessandra Gilibert, Arsen Bobokhyan, Pavol Hnila, Roman Hovsepyan, Harald von der Osten
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The dynamics of socio-cultural transformations from the 20th-19th to the 8th-7th centuries BCE (based on the results of excavations at the Qarashamb necropolis)
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12:45-13:10
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Pavel Avetisyan, Varduhi Melikyan, Artak Hakhverdyan, Hanna Chazin, Tatevik Harutyunyan
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Lunch
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13:10-14:30
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Symbols of power: the Verin Naver tomb I-B in Armenia (1610-1430 BCE)
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14:30-14:55
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Hakob Simonyan
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Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages - The period of cultural and political integration
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Ian Lindsay, Mateusz Iskra
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Project ArAGATS' Kasakh valley archaeological survey (KVAS) (2015-17): preliminary analysis of Paleolithic through Bronze Age settlement patterns
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14:55-15:20
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Ian Lindsay, Karen Azatyan, Alan Greene, Arshaluys Mkrtchyan
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Prehistoric threshing boards from Georgia
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15:20-15:45
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Dimitri Narimanishvili
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Coffee break
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15:45-16:00
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The Metsamor Project. Preliminary observations after the six seasons of the field activity
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16:00-16:25
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Krzysztof Jakubiak, Ashot Piliposyan, Artavazd Zakyan
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The development of lower town in Metsamor through the second and first millennium BC. Results of pottery analysis
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16:25-16:50
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Mateusz Iskra
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The main stages of early agriculture in the territory of Republic of Armenia
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16:50-17:15
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Roman Hovsepyan
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Discussions
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17:15-17:30
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11 July, Thursday
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Kingdom of Van - The emergence of the Near Eastern administrative system in the region
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Yervand Grekyan, Roberto Dan
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The fortress of Aramus in its historical context
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09:30-09:55
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Walter Kuntner, Sandra Heinsch, Hayk Avetisyan
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The Armenian - Italian archaeological expedition to Kotayk (2013-2019) and Vayots Dzor (2016-2019): an overview of the results
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09:55-10:20
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Artur Petrosyan, Roberto Dan, Priscilla Vitolo, Boris Gasparyan
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New reflections on the organization of the Erebuni sanctuary
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10:20-10:45
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Stéphane Deschamps, Miqayel Badalyan, François Fichet de Clairfontaine
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Recent archaeological works in Oshakan
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10:45-11:10
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Michael Herles, Hayk Avetisyan
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Coffee break
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11:10-11:30
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Preliminary results of the 2017-2018 archaeological excavations in Odzaberd
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11:30-11:55
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Miqayel Badalyan, Arthur Mikayelyan, Hayk Kyureghyan, Roman Hovsepyan, Hasmik Simonyan, Samvel Nahapetyan, Arman Yeghiazaryan
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The main results of the 2013-2018 survey of anthropomorphic stelae of Artsakh
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11:55-12:20
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Nzhdeh Yeranyan
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Classical epochs - The formation process of national states
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Mkrtich Zardaryan, Lori Khatchadourian, Krzysztof Jakubiak
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Jar burials of Tigranakert in Artsakh
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12:20-12:45
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Hamlet Petrosyan, Vardges Safaryan, Inessa Karapetyan, Lyuba Kirakosyan, Ruben Vardanyan, Tatiana Vardanesova, Armine Gabrielyan
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Ancient Armenian capital Armavir: the results of study 2009-2019
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12:45-13:10
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Inessa Karapetyan, Amina Kanetsyan, Lilit Minasyan, Ruzanna Palanjyan, Nvard Tiratsyan, Dianna Mirijanyan, Hasmik Hovhannisyan
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Lunch
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13:10-14:30
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Excavations of Ancient Artashat in 2016-2018: “Riverside district”
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14:30-14:55
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Mkrtich H. Zardaryan, Amina Kanetsyan, Hayk Gyulamiryan, Suzanna Muradyan, Armenuhi Petrosyan
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A review of trepanations in Armenian Highland with new cases
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14:55-15:20
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Anahit Yu. Khudaverdyan
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Public archaeology on the Tsaghkahovit Plain
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15:20-15:45
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Lori Khatchadourian
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Middle Ages - The emergence and development of Christian culture
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Hamlet Petrosyan, Patrick Donabédian
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Yereruyk, a site rich in enigmas and promises. The Armenian-French archaeological mission of LA3M in Armenia (2009-2016)
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15:45-16:10
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Patrick Donabédian
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Coffee break
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16:10-16:30
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Dvin archaelogical excavations (2009-2018)
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16:30-16:55
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Hamlet Petrosyan, Koryun Khafadaryan, Niura Hakobyan, Frina Babayan, Aghavni Zhamkochyan, Gayane Kocharyan
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Making of the Silk Road in Vaiots Dzor: a light archaeology of a medieval territory in Armenia
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16:55-17:20
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Hamlet Petrosyan, Michele Nucciotti
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Discussion and Closing the conference
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17:20-18:20
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Gala Dinner
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20:00-22:00
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12 July, Friday
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Excursion
The Verin Naver archaeological site
“Metsamor” Historical-Archeological Museum-Reserve
Sardarapat, Armenian Ethnographic Museum
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09:00-17:00
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