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Find sources: Zorats Karernews, books, scholar Find sources: Karahunjnews, books, scholar this site is probably better known by another name? I cannot find a single academic reference to these names. (Zorakarer, Zorakar, Zorats qarer, Angelakot?) --dab (𒁳) 08:14, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

ok, the place figures in several travel guides, and is certainly genuine, but there is almost no archaeological literature to be found. The only source I was able to find is a 2000 survey of Munich University, concluding

In contrast to the opinion that Zorakarer may be called an Armenian Stonehenge, an exact investigation of the place yields other results. Zorakarer, located on a rocky promontory, was mainly a necropolis from the Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age. Enormous stone tombs of these periods can be found within the area. Later, possibly in Hellenistic Roman time it served as a place of refuge in times of war. Close to the high plateau a wall of rocks and loam was built; for reinforcement vertical rocks were plugged into the wall. Of this city wall only the upright standing rocks still remain and are subject of speculation.[1]

--dab (𒁳) 08:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC)