Official Name: | Karashamb |
Native Name: | Քարաշամբ |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Marz (Province) |
Subdivision Name1: | Kotayk |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 676 |
Timezone: | |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.405°N 44.5764°W |
Karashamb (Armenian: Քարաշամբ, also Romanized as K’arashamb and Qarashamb) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
Karashamb is the site of a major archaeological excavation of a Bronze Age cemetery with a number of barrows. The richest was a "royal" sepulchre where a silver cup, now one of the treasures of the National Museum, was discovered.[1]