Karashamb

40°24′18″N 44°34′35″E / 40.40500°N 44.57639°E / 40.40500; 44.57639

Karashamb
Քարաշամբ
Karashamb is located in Armenia
Karashamb
Karashamb
Coordinates: 40°24′18″N 44°34′35″E / 40.40500°N 44.57639°E / 40.40500; 44.57639
CountryArmenia
Marz (Province)Kotayk
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
607[1]
Time zoneUTC+4 ( )

Karashamb (Armenian: Քարաշամբ, also Romanized as K’arashamb and Qarashamb) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.

Karashamb is the site of a major archaeological excavation of a Bronze Age cemetery with a number of barrows. The richest was a "royal" sepulchre where a silver cup, now one of the treasures of the National Museum, was discovered.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kotayk (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  2. ^ Archaeological Heritage of Armenia, ed H.Simoyan, Yerevan 2012
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