Soon, Film Director Artak Avdalyan’s “Ararat-Urartu Kingdom” a documentary film will be screened, which presents the history of the Kingdom of Van (Urartu). This was told to Aravot.am by the film author and historian Artak Movsisyan. “Most of the work is done. The shootings took place in Western Armenia, also here, in Iran. The film presents Urartu as a civilization phenomenon and an important component of the Armenian history. It also will serve as a handbook for educational institutions.” To the observation that according to some authors, Urartu did not even exist, Artak Movsisyan responded, “We will present the facts and the viewers will figure out themselves. The facts are very, we have abundant and rich material. The issue of denying the existence of Urartu has more political reasons than scientific.” Our interlocutor informed that earlier “Tigran the Great”, “Nemrut”, “From Petroglyphs to Alphabet”, “The Capital Older than Rome”, “Falsifiers of History” popular films.
Luiza SUKIASYAN
Photo from Artak Movsisyan’s “Facebook” page
