Dragon stone, Erebuni Museum, Yerevan, Armenia
5-headed dragon stone or vishapakar, c. 2000-1500 BC, a megalithic stela linked to a water cult, from the Geghame mountains, outside the Erebuni Historical Archaeological Reserve Museum, founded 1968, at the Erebuni Fortress, a fortified city of the Urartian kingdom, founded 782 BC by king Argishti, in Yerevan, Armenia. The fortress was a military base and defensive outpost but also a royal capital city, housing a palace and temples swell as residential and storage buildings. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
50380663
Media ID
50380663
Size
5465px x 8268px
(19.6MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
