YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS. The excavations of Tigranakert of Artsakh will start on June 25 this year and will continue until August 20. Hamlet Petrsyan, the head of the archeological expedition group, mentioned in a conversation with Armenpress that the excavations of the Antic District of Tigranakert will continue this year. “New tombs are discovered, we’ll try to excavate them. We will also continue to open the 180-meter-open gate,” he said.

Petrosyan – giving importance to cooperation with archeological institutions of different countries mentioned that negotiations are going on with two European universities. “23 million AMD was allocated by the government of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh for realizing excavations. Bako Sahakyan – President of Artsakh - assigned to buy us a home for which we are very glad  as we do not have our own abode here,” – Petrosyan said. The archeologist says that 4 brigades will work on the excavations. The excavation group will consist of 14-16 people. “This year we will try to create a new museum exhibition. We want to extend the previous exhibition of the museum which has about 35.000 visitors per year. The work on the book “The Monument and the Society in Tigranakert of Artsakh” is also going on. We will introduce in the book not only the results of the excavations but also the public approach towards the monument as activities in Tgranakert are not only academic activity for us,” – he said.