Two Khosrovidukhts
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Keghart
Khosrovidukht was a Armenian composer and poet whose origins are a mystery. Some scholars believe she was the…
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Name Change
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Air Marshall S.A. Khudiakov, an adviser to Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference, is featured in many photos…
Armenian and Etruscan Pairings
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Linguist Robert Ellis (“The Armenian Origin of the Etruscans”) lists numerous words which are almost identical in Armenian…
More Napoleon Promises
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More than a decade earlier, after the battle of Mount Tabor in Palestine, Napoleon played host to an…
Napoleon’s Promises
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During his stay in Moscow Napoleon met representatives of the famous Lazarev (Lazarian) clan and promised to make…
First woman physician in Ottoman Turkey
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The first woman physician in Ottoman Turkey was Dr. Zaruhi Kavalcayan. She received her education at the University…
Divine Origins
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Goddess Anahid means pristine, spotless and without shortcomings. The AN suffix means without (similar to the English “un”).…
Pari and Char
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Boghos de Constantinople, a high-ranking official and linguist in the foreign ministry of the Ottoman Empire, maintained that…
Five Armenian sayings
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When you go to battle pray once, when you travel on sea pray twice, when you take a…
Five Armenian sayings
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When you go to battle pray once, when you travel on sea pray twice, when you take a…
Important Port
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In the 14th century the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was one of the few places where merchants from…
First Patriarch
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The first Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem was Abraham (638-669). He was installed by Caliph Omar Ibn al-Khattab after…