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Vishap Stones

MegalithicMiddle EastArmeniac. 2,500 BCEBronze Age Armenian

'Dragon stones' of the Armenian highlands: tall basalt menhirs carved as stylized fish or bull-horn forms, often near water sources at altitudes above 2,000m. Dated to ~3rd–2nd millennium BCE. Over 150 examples documented. The earliest known association of monumental stone with water-deity worship in Western Asia.

40.5000°, 44.8000°

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Walkthrough videos (4)

Recent Excavations Of Armenia's Ancient Vishap Dragon Stones | Cotsen Institute UCLARecent Excavations Of Armenia's Ancient Vishap Dragon Stones | Cotsen Institute UCLACotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLAThe Vishapakar Stones: Armenia's Strangest Megalithic Mystery | The Prehistory GuysThe Vishapakar Stones: Armenia's Strangest Megalithic Mystery | The Prehistory GuysThe Prehistory GuysArsen Bobokhyan: Vishapakars: Dragon Stones of Armenia's Mountains | NAASR lectureArsen Bobokhyan: Vishapakars: Dragon Stones of Armenia's Mountains | NAASR lectureNAASR Armenian StudiesThe Dragon Stones of Armenia: Guardians of the Ancient Sky | Echo of Ashes (Short)The Dragon Stones of Armenia: Guardians of the Ancient Sky | Echo of Ashes (Short)Echo of Ashes

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