ARUCH
REDISCOVERING A MEDIEVAL ARMENIAN CAPITAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CAMPAIGNS 2022-2025
- Anno: 2026
- Autore/i: SERGIO FERDINANDI, ASTGHIK BABAJANYAN
- Catalogo: Scienze e Lettere
- Argomento: Orientalistica
- ISBN: 978-88-66873-28-0
- ISSN:
ISMEO
ASSOCIAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE DI STUDI SUL MEDITERRANEO E L’ORIENTE
CONTENTS
Zhanna Andreasyan, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia
H.E. Alessandro Ferranti, Ambassador of Italy to Yerevan
Marco Rusconi, Director General of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
Arsen Bobokhyan, Director, IAE NAS RA
Adriano V. Rossi, President, ISMEO
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
PART I
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION
Chapter 1. Aruch: Geographical and Historical Context (A. Babajanyan, S. Ferdi nandi)
Chapter 2. Landscape of Medieval Aruch (J. Cocquyt, A. Babajanyan, S. Ferdinandi)
Chapter 3. Archaeological Research at Aruch and the Armenian-Italian Mission (A. Babajanyan, S. Ferdinandi)
Chapter 4. 2022 Excavation Campaign (A. Babajanyan, S. Ferdinandi, A. Vaio, E. Fausti, F. Galanti, C. Mascarello)
Chapter 5. 2023 Excavation Campaign (A. Babajanyan, S. Ferdinandi, A. Vaio, E. Fausti, F. Galanti, C. Mascarello, S. Aghaian)
Chapter 6. 2024 Excavation Campaign (A. Babajanyan, S. Ferdinandi, E. Fausti, F. Galanti, C. Mascarello, S. Hunter, A. Vaio, S. Aghaian)
Chapter 7. 2025 Excavation Campaign (A. Babajanyan, S. Ferdinandi, A. Vaio, E. Fausti, F. Galanti, S. Aghaian, C. Mascarello)
Chapter 8. Concluding Remarks: Main Results of the 2022-2025 Excavation Campaigns
APPENDIX
R. Dan, V. Melikyan, A. Cesaretti, O. Gasparro, P. Vitolo, F. Laurita, C. Zecchi, E. Fausti, S. Tomei, A. Petrosyan, Between Ararat and Aragats: Three Field Seasons (2022; 2024-2025) of Armenian-Italian Archaeological Research at Shamiram (Aragatsotn Province, Armenia)
PART II
ARUCH IN THE ARC-HE-TOUR-DEV – ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROJECT OF THE ITALIAN AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Chapter 1. ARC-HE-TOUR-DEV – Archaeological Heritage and Tourism for Rural Development in Armenia (M. Nucciotti, L. Somigli)
Chapter 2. Aruch: Preliminary Notes on the Design and Creation of an Archae- ological Park along the Silk Road (S. Ferdinandi)
Chapter 3. Engineers on the Silkestraße. The Representation and Survey Research Group of the DICII, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Preliminary Contrib- utions to the Documentation of the Aruch Archaeological Site (G. Cinque)
Chapter 4. Preliminary Architectural Survey Studies on the Cathedral of St. Grigor in Aruch towards Informed Restoration Planning (E. Eramo)
Chapter 5. The Restoration Project of the Medieval Castle of Aruch (D. Sansoni)
Chapter 6. Quarries and Stones used in the Ancient Architecture of Aruch (A. Me-
sisca)
Chapter 7. Garni, Preliminary Studies for the Restoration of the Roman Mosaic
(E. Daffra, A. Patera, F. Cappelli, P.K. Morelli, A. Palla, F. Toso)
Chapter 8. Interpretation, Accessibility and Digital Tools. Why Communication Is Now an Integral Part of Archaeological Enhancement (M. D’Agata)
Bibliography
List of Figures and Tables
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