On May 29, a temporary exhibition entitled “Aruch: Rediscovering A Medieval Armenian Capital Archeological Campaigns 2022-2025 ” opened at the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran, organized through the collaboration of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the Institute of Classical and Early Christian Archaeology of the University of Münster.
Welcoming remarks were delivered by Zhanna Andreasyan, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia; Arsen Bobokhyan, Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the NAS RA; Ara Khzmalyan, Director of the Matenadaran; and Claudia Busch, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Armenia.
The exhibition presents exceptional finds discovered during the excavations at Artashat, the architectural features of the structure, the process of its scientific reconstruction, as well as the results obtained through the application of the latest research methods.