Exiled Archaeologist

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

Early Armenian and Median archaeologist living in Kurdistan, exiled from finishing my research - now exploring the KRG until there is nothing left.

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Dust storms arise you read the words of Sennacherib on the Aqueduct of Jerwan.

Al-Shikhan, Iraq

Aqueduct of Jerwan

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Qyzqapan Tomb

Dokan, Iraq

Qyzqapan Tomb

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

Chamchamal Fire Well

Permanently Closed

Chamchamal, Iraq

Chamchamal Fire Well

A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.