Karashamb Explained

40.405°N 44.5764°W

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]

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  1. Archaeological Heritage of Armenia, ed H.Simoyan, Yerevan 2012