PanARMENIAN.Net - Ever since rockets started falling over Nagorno-Karabakh, a team of historians has worked to bring hundreds of ancient Armenian manuscripts to safety for fear they might be destroyed by artillery or vandalism, France 24 says in a fresh article.
Behind a thick vault door at the Matenadaran cultural centre in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, troves of Armenian manuscripts – some dating as far back as the 13th century – can be found. They have temporarily been moved there from their sister complex in Karabakh amid the war.
“We saw the rocket fire fall on the Ghazanchetsots cathedral in Shushi, since the Matendaran is located next to the monastery complex of Gandzasar. For reasons of security, we decided to temporarily move everything to the Matenadaran in Yerevan,” explains Aram Torosyan, director of th...
