Tag: Արենի

The Areni grape is used to make wine in Armenia and Turkey. It is said to be used already by Noah on mount Ararat very long ago and archaeologists believe that is in use for 6,000 years. On the international wine market, it is mostly unknown but some times wines based on the Areni grape get high ratings. Armenian wine has a special taste rather uncommon for western Europeans but it is quite delicious. A place where this grape is used very often is a town with the same name: Արենի.

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A very important place for archaeologists is the cave called Areni-1 or ‘birds cave’ near Արենի, Armenia. It was discovered in 1970 and after excavations, it is believed that it was used by humans since the stone age. Because of the temperature in the cave it could be used to store food – it is like a large fridge. But throughout the cave also religious traces could be found: the heads of young girls, human sacrifices. Within additionally coins from Egypt and the Arab world were found showing that the famous silk road was leading through this area.

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