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Zariadris
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Re: Armenian megaliths & rock art on YouTube
Apr 08, 2008, 06:16
FourWinds wrote:
Just had a look at them. Some lovely things. I didn't know about the petroglyphs, so many thanks for that.

The film is very nice, but a bit too much art and not enough stone for me.


Thanks man. Armenia, like the American Southwest where I currently live, is more about rock art than menhirs, which is interesting considering the similar elevation and landscapes. The huge piles of volcanic upchuck near the dormant sacred mothers are Sistine chapels of cosmographic art.

Having said that, I made this just before I had a chance to discover the so-called vishap, or 'dragon', monoliths (see my avatar), which are probably the most distinctive form of prehistoric monument in Armenia. They really are superb. I've since tracked down a great deal of them, most in super far-flung places where only Yezdis go in the summer months. The Yezdis tell wonderful stories about them, stories once popular among Armenian villagers before they went all modern. I've got many hours of this material, but have yet to put it all together.

Cheers again FourWinds.
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