ARMAVIR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

To the south of Armavir, it attests to an urban civilization dating back to Ourartou, including the remains of a temple at the top of a mound. The Arguishtikhinili of the Uruarteans retained its status as capital during the reign of the Armenian Orontide dynasty, whose infatuation with Hellenistic culture can be seen in the remains of a Roman temple. The retreat of the Araxis, whose course moved southwards, will sound the decline of the capital, dethroned, in the 2nd century BC, by Artachat.