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YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS. The excavations launched in Aknashen turned out to be very fruitful and recorded exceptional achievements. In a conversation with “Armenpress” the Director of Archeology and Ethnography Institute of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Pavel Avetisyan stated that the archeologists discovered a sensational sample of ancient seal in Southwest Asia. Among other things the Director of Archeology and Ethnography Institute of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Pavel Avetisyan underscored: “The seal certifies about the existence of the complex social communities.”
Aknashen is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town's church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew; nearby is a ruin of an 8th-century building.
Previously it was reported that the archaeologists have found another archive fact during the excavations in Artashat this year. The Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Pavel Avetisyan told Armenpress that the archive of the findings is exclusive, as it dates back to the 3-4thcenturies. “We have excavated more than 800 seals in 2013. The recent findings are new and quite important facts”, - he said.
Avetisyan stated that there are the images of the kings and their names depicted on the seals.
The excavations of 2007 showed that on the territory of the ancient Artashat 150,000 people lived, which is 6 times more than the current population of Artashat.
On June 10 2008 a group of Armenian archaeologists, headed by the Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Pavel Avetisyan, began the excavations in Artashat and in the result they found an entire system of ancient bathhouses.