Karahunj Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Karahunj (also Zorats qarer) is a bronze age cemetry site around which there are series of standing stones. It dates back to the second millennium B.C. Some of the precisingly arranged huge stones have holes bored into them, which were used for astrological observations. The scientific expeditions proved Karahunj to be the oldest observatory in the world.

Karahunj is often compared with the Scotish Stonehenge (kar in aremenian means stone). Only the Armenian version is older and cruder.

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sayat (2941) 2006-09-28 7:00

Nice picture Dear Tatevik. I have been twice in Hayastan but couldn't go there. The setting is clearly seen in your photo. Pity that there are no trees around, just like in many parts of that beautiful country.
Parevner,
Sayat

Luci (372) 2006-12-31 11:14

Hi Tatevik,
very interesting,I haven´t heard about it before.I like composition of your photo,
you caught nature of this country well.
regards,
Lucia

maloutim (3891) 2007-07-04 3:39

Hello Tatevic!
Very good POV of these ancient stones. I like the sharpness of the stones themselves against the blurred background . It nearly looks like a moon landscape.
TFS.
Marie Louise.