The USSR might have imploded two decades ago, but debris from its headlong industrialization drive litter the post-Soviet landscape, and nothing more unsettles the population of the fifteen new ...

Archaeologists excavating a cemetery in Metsamor found a couple’s grave filled with gold necklaces, pottery and a funeral bed, photos show. Photo from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at ...

For ten years now, a team of Polish and Armenian archaeologists has been excavating at Metsamor—a sprawling ancient city erected in 4,000 B.C.E. about 20 miles south of the Armenian capitol. This ...

Armenia plans to extend the service life of its nuclear power unit in Metsamor beyond 2026 and has not abandoned plans to build a new unit, ARKA news agency reported on 14 January, following Cabinet ...

Digging into the ruins of a large building in Armenia, archaeologists noticed something unusual. Pressed into the brown dirt was a layer of some dusty, white substance. Initially, archaeologists at ...

In a major piece of bad news for Armenia’s neighbors Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, Armenia's energy minister Armen Movsisyan has told journalists that the country’s aging Metsamor NPP, originally ...

Russia will help Armenia extend the life of its nuclear power plant in Metsamor for another 10 years, according to the director of the station. Addressing a conference in Yerevan on the development of ...

On the occasion of the Motherhood and Beauty Day in Armenia, UNHCR was invited to a concert performed by schoolchildren of No. 1 secondary school in Metsamor town, Armavir province, a host community ...