ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Archaeology: Volume XIX 2025

This issue presents a wide-ranging collection of studies exploring the archaeology, history, art, architecture, epigraphy, and cultural interactions of Armenia and the wider Near East from antiquity through the medieval period. Contributions address material culture and stratigraphy at key sites such as Dvin, Aruch, Dmanisi, and Ohanavan; investigate early Christian architecture, funerary monuments, and ecclesiastical practices; and offer new readings of epigraphic, manuscript, and textual sources. Several articles examine identity, memory, and cultural transmission across the Caucasus and neighbouring regions, including studies of princely power, ethnogenesis, toponymy, and interreligious relations. Together, the volume highlights the interdisciplinary scope of ARAMAZD and its role in advancing scholarship on Armenia’s place within broader Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds.

Arsen Bobokhyan, PhD in Archaeology, is a Director and Leading Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA. He specializes in the Bronze and Iron Age archaeology of the Armenian Highlands and the Near East, focusing in particular on ancient cults and cultural contacts. Bobokhyan currently leads excavations on Mt. Aragats and the eastern shores of Lake Sevan in Armenia. He is a co-founder and a vice-editor of the journal Aramazd. Yervand Grekyan, PhD in History, Dr. habil. is a Leading Researcher and Research Professor at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography and the Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (NAS RA). His research focuses on the history and culture of the Armenian Highlands from the second to the first millennia BC. He is a co-founder and a vice-editor of the journal Aramazd.