Shengavit Settlement, Yerevan, Armenia

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Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Shengavit Settlement

Shengavit is an archaeological site in Yerevan's Shengavit district, on a hill south-east of Yerevan Lake. The settlement was inhabited in a series of phases from around 3000 to 2500 BC, during the Kura–Araxes period of the Early Bronze Age, and used irregularly until about 2200 BC. The town covered six hectares, and evidence of surplus grain, metalworking and a monumental stone wall 4 metres wide suggests it was a centre for the surrounding area. Its pottery makes it a type site of the Kura–Araxes culture. Excavations began in 1936.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source

What's inside

Excavations have uncovered large cyclopean walls with towers that once surrounded the settlement. Inside them stood circular and square multi-dwelling buildings of stone and mud-brick; some houses held ritual hearths and household pits, and large silos nearby stored wheat and barley. An underground passage led from the town down to the river. The pottery found here typically has a black burnished exterior and a reddish interior, decorated with incised or raised designs.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source