Hartashen Megalithic Avenue

Hartashen Megalithic Avenue is a prehistoric megalithic monument in Armenia. There are two avenues of megalithic rocks which do not intersect. These avenues are composed of basalt stones which are placed at an angle, and menhirs are arranged in three rows in each. There is no clarity about the purpose of these three rows of menhirs and further research is under progress. There is no firm dating of the monument. It has been attributed in recent years to anti tank defences constructed in the Second World War, but recent research favours an interpretation that the site, if not its arrangement, dates to the neolithic or bronze age and perhaps shares a context with the Carnac stones of France.

The Hartashen Megalithic Avenue, a mostly unknown site found in a remote corner of Armenia and thought to be constructed 6,000 to 8,000 years ago [OC] [2000x1300] : r/MegalithPorn

The monument comprises 760 preserved steles. Some steles have been disturbed, and it is estimated there may have been up to 1200 originally. The flat surface between the monuments comprises an unexcavated funerary monument. No connection has been discovered between the avenue and the funerary monuments. The rows of stele begin at a rocky outcrop and follow the valley topography for 500 metres. The monument is not astronomically aligned, nor aligned with any features within the topography.

Expedition to Hartashen.

The arrangement of the stone rows were integrated into a modern anti tank military barrier. As there is no firm dating, it is unknown to what extent and in what form the avenues predate this modern use.

The Harthashen Megalithic Avenue (bronze age) - YouTube

Related Posts

Aes Rude: The First Currency of Trust

In a wooden chest near Siena, time has preserved the humble seeds of an empire. These are not coins, but their ancestors: aes rude, rough, broken lumps of…

The Petrified Forest: A Memory of Wood and Stone

In the painted desert of Arizona, the earth is littered with the ghosts of forests. This is not wood, but its perfect stone echo—a petrified log from…

This is the first pink granite statue depicting the portrait of the 3rd Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty in Egyptian history.

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on December 11 that archaeologists had recently discovered and excavated a rare bust of the famous ancient King Ramses II near…

Pompeii: The Atrium of Frozen Time

In the silent heart of Pompeii, a house holds its breath. This atrium, sealed by the wrath of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and then unearthed centuries…

The Arrow That Defied Time: A Glacial Treasure Unveiled

A Remarkable Discovery In the rapidly melting ice fields near Lillehammer, Norway, an extraordinary archaeological find has captivated the world: a remarkably well-preserved 6th-century AD arrow. Unearthed…

Kandovan: The Mountain That Remembers

In the shadow of the dormant Mount Sahand, in northwestern Iran, the landscape itself comes to life. This is Kandovan, a village not built upon the earth,…