In ancient times, a very developed civilization was clearly present on the territory of modern Armenia, long before the appearance of the states known and described in the history textbooks, as evidenced by numerous finds of archaeologists.
Skulls with traces of ancient surgical intervention continue to be found in Armenia. One of them is now in... the underwater city contains...Three divination shrines, dating back about 3,300 years, have been discovered within a hilltop fortress at .... Assyrians and Medes, Scythians and Cimmerians, Parthians, Greeks and Romans passed through the rocky roads of Armenia... -Paul Stonehill
