May 30, 2012
Our first stop was at the Vartan Mamigonian statue, it was made in 1978. Vartan was on a horse with a sword in his, the statue was made by Yervant Kochar, a famous sculptor. It was made in honor of his bravery in war.
On our way to a museum we saw Krikor Lousavorich Church. The church is made from rocks, those rocks are from the city of Ani, they came from Ani because part of lost Armenia will always be with them. It is the biggest church in Armenia.
Our second stop was Erebouni museum. Inside the museum there was the real birth certificate of Erepooni. From 782 B.C.
Ancient Armenians learned to organize foods and clothes according to seasons. They make clothes from fur, cloth, bark and metal. They made art from shells and rocks, perfume from leaves, rings made out of diamonds, royal cups in shape of a horse of silver, rocks used for houses, iron masks and pots.
Our third stop was Madenataran, there are more than 17000 books there. The biggest book in the world is called Hsga [that means giant in Armenian] It’s bigger then a tire. The smallest book in the world is called the Dzoog [that means midget in Armenian] It is smaller than your palm. The Palatine Gospel is a very old and colorful book. In the book the color black is from walnuts. The Gospel of Echmiadzin was made in the 6th century. There are only three Gospels of Etchmiadzin in the world. One is found in Paris, the other is found in Italy and the oldest is found in Armenia.
Our fourth stop was National History museum. It was very interesting ,We saw the world oldest leader shoe dated 3500 BC.
Finally we had our farewell dinner.
By Mousegh Monteiro