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Updated August 30, 2022

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Chiseled in Stone: Armenia’s Ancient Roots and Soviet-era Relics

An overland journey to uncover the ancient, complex, and tragic history of one of the earliest Christian civilizations

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Sevan trout, baked in bark from a birch tree at Tsaghkunk restaurant.

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