On September 9, a permanent exhibition titled “In the Footsteps of Ancient Man: Stone Age” opened in the History Museum of Armenia. The exhibits range from stone tools made 1.8 million years ago to various remarkable finds of the 5th millennium BC. A leather footstool found in the excavations of the “Areni-1” cave in 2008 will also be displayed, which dates back to 3600-3500 BC. It will be displayed in a showcase that provides stable conditions for the feet, which was prepared thanks to the financial support provided by the government in the form of a grant.
The exhibition includes high-value Stone Age specimens from the collection of the History Museum of Armenia, found in various ancient sites of Armenia, including a 500-300 thousand-year-old hand-cutter, a stone ax dating back to the 6th millennium BC, and small earthenware vessel of the 5th millennium BC, containing a powder of ocher dye, which was widely used by primitive man, especially in burial rites.
Boris Gasparyan, a researcher at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, emphasized at the press conference that visitors will see exceptional exhibits that our country can be proud of. He added that the exhibition will be constantly changed and updated so that the public will have access to new scientific achievements.
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According to him, the museum gets a new life with this exhibition. “Without being immodest, we really have a lot to be proud of in our country,” he said. According to Davit Poghosyan, director of the History Museum of Armenia, the exhibition is presented with the efforts of the best scientists of Armenia.
“During this time, we were working with Armenian scientists whose merits are of an international level. Importantly, we share the same approaches with the scientific community. Science must become an important resource for education and development. Thanks to this cooperation, the History Museum of Armenia can also become such a platform.”
Tork Dalalyan, deputy director of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, called the opening of the exhibition a significant event. He said that especially in recent years there is a great cooperation between the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the History Museum of Armenia.
Gohar HAKOBYAN
