Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, authors article on Water Management and Technologies in Ancient Armenia

Naira Harutyunyan, PhD Candidate, authors an article “Water Technologies in Ancient Armenia”. The article presents an overview of irrigation and water supply structures in Ancient Armenia during the pre-Urartian and the Urartian period, first named in Assyrian inscriptions around 1250 B.C. It presents hydraulic technology in Urartian urban centers and ancient irrigation systems around Van Lake. The complex hydraulic system on Mount Aragats, dated to pre-Urartian period, is covered with indication of the “cult of water” represented by the vishaps, the fish-like monuments of the god of water, which are closely related with irrigation activities. Ultimately, the water works that were constructed in Ancient Armenia demonstrate the elaborated planning and outstanding ingenuity proved by more than two millennia operation, still serving part of its initial aim nowadays. The article is in process of publication in Springer Journal of Water History.