Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMA), University of Warsaw

PCMA. Metsamor

"In the 2016 season, the team discovered 15 objects made of gold /Figs 4, 5, 6/ and a necklace made of carnelian and gold /Fig. 7/, left behind probably during the raid of the Urartian king Argishti I. It is the first such find from a settlement in Transcaucasia dated to the Early Iron Age (11th–9th century BC). A burial chamber, in use from the Middle Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age, yielded gold half-moon pendants and gold beads, which would have made up several necklaces."

"4. Main square of the ancient city / Centralny plac starożytnego miasta (fot. R. Czerner)"

"5. Center of the ancient city. Eastern peristyle and main square / Centrum starożytnego miasta. Wschodni perystyl i centralny plac (fot. R. Czerner)"

"6. Remains of Hellenistic tholos public baths with the main square of the ancient city in the background / Pozostałości hellenistycznych tolosowych łaźni publicznych na tle centralnego placu starożytnego miasta (fot. R. Czerner)"