Эребуни Крепость Erebuni Fortress

6 июн. 2019 г. 106 просм Нерсес Мартиросян 708 подписчиков Erebuni Fortress is an Urartian fortified city, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is 1,017 metres (3,337 ft) above sea level. It was one of several fortresses built along the northern Urartian border and was one of the most important political, economic and cultural centers of the vast kingdom. The name Yerevan itself is derived from Erebuni. On an inscription found at Karmir Blur, the Urartian verb erebu-ni is used in the sense of “to seize, pillage, steal, or kidnap“ followed by a changing direct object. Scholars have conjectured that the word, as an unchanging direct object, may also mean “to take“ or “to capture“ and thus believe that the Erebuni at the time of its founding meant “capture“, “conquest“, or “victory. Modern reproductions of the ancient wall-paintings at Erebuni Fortress. Erebuni was founded by Urartian King Argishti I (r. ca. 785–753 BC) in 782 BC. It was built on to