'The Armeniad' Makes History Visible, Beautiful
"The Armeniad is truly unique. The reader will see the ruins of the ancient Armenian capital of Tigranakert, the maritime fortresses and the mountain castles of Cilician Armenia, the panorama of the city of Van in 1916, compared with how it looks today and much more..." --
The Armenian Weekly, June 24, 2006
"It is one of the best books ever published about the Armenians." --
Berj Dersahakian, Berjbookstore, Glendale, CA
“The Armeniad” (Linguist Publishers, Moscow. 2005) is sumptuous in both content and form and is in many ways a unique volume. Its subheading - “Visible pages of history” – gives a hint of the scope of the author’s incredible work, which in its size and depth would do credit to the research team of a whole university…
The majesty of the form, the encyclopaedic nature of the content, the mastery of the photography and the exquisite taste combined in Boris Baratov’s unprecedented work show his unbiased devotion and respect for the Armenian people and their culture.--
“Voice of Armenia” newspaper, 5th September, 2006
“The Armeniad”, an exquisite volume, which recounts the history of Armenian civilization, is a unique gift for the 15th Anniversary of Armenian independence.--
“Republic of Armenia” newspaper, 15th September, 2006
This richly illustrated volume offers a panorama of the civilization of ancient Armenia. The literary portion of ‘The Armeniad’ is based on the works of Armenian historians and on the latest research of a number of European scholars. It tells of the principal stages in the formation of the Armenian identity and the Armenian civilization in the mountainous basin of Lake Van, and in the Ararat and Mush Valleys from the 4th—3rd millennia onwards.
The reader will be able to obtain an impression of a civilization which has travelled in parallel with the great cultures of Sumer, Assyria, the Hittite kingdom, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and Byzantium. In leafing through the pages of this book, the reader will learn of important 19th- and 20th-century archaeological research into Asia Minor, which uncovered the ‘visible pages’ of the ancient past to an astounded world. It is in examining the past that our contemporary world is able to gain a glimpse into its future.
