Martiros Kavoukjian | |
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Occupation | Architect[citation needed] |
Nationality | Armenian |
Period | 1941-1988 |
Martiros Kavoukjian (August 8, 1908 - August 7, 1988) was an Armenian architect and amateur Armenologist historian-archaeologist who has written various books on ancient Armenian history. He is best known for his national mysticist account of Armenian prehistory in Armenia, Subartu And Sumer, self-published in 1987 in both English and Armenian.
In spite of high acknowledgment and well reception by Armenian nationalist authors,[1] the contribution of Kavoukjian was mostly ignored in Soviet academia.
Studies of Kavoukjian have been used and employed in the monographs of Levon Shahinyan, Rafael Ishkhanyan [2], Anzhela Teryan [3], Karapet Sukiasyan [4], Alexander Varpetyan, Lily Stepanyan [5], etc. Armenologist, archimandrite Gomidas Hovnanian (Marseille) called Kavoukjian "a talented scientist" who's research on pre-Homeland of Celts and Celto-Caucasian connections is a detailed answer to the important questions of history. [6]
Works
- The Genesis of Armenian People, Montreal, 1982.
- Armenia, Subartu and Sumer, Montreal, 1989 ISBN 0921885008
- The origin of the names and Armen Aye, and Urartu, in the subway.) Beirut, 1973
Armenia, Subartu And Sumer
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Author | Martiros Kavoukjian |
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Language | English |
Genre | Prehistory, National mysticism |
Publisher | M. Kavoukjian |
Publication date | 1987 |
Publication place | United states |
Pages | 243 |
Armenia, Subartu And Sumer is inspired by the Armenian hypothesis of Indo-European origins. It seeks to establish an ethnic Armenian identity for the Armani mentioned by Naram-Sin, for "Armani-Subari connections" and "Armani-Subari-Sumer relations".
The English translation was published privately with the support of the Malkhassian Foundation, Montreal. The book is identified as a "chauvinist attempt to equate the Proto-Armenians with various mentioned peoples in cuneiform and classical sources" by P. Kohl and G. Tzetzkhladze (1996)[7]
References
- ^ Rafael Ishkhanian, Patkerazard Patmutyun Hayots, Book 1, 1989, Arevik, ISBN 5-8077-0057-0 (5-8077-0057-0)
- ^ Rafael Ishkhanian, Patkerazard Patmutyun Hayots, Book 1, 1989, Arevik, ISBN 5-8077-0057-0 (5-8077-0057-0)
- ^ (in Armenian) Anjela Teryan, "The cult of Ar god in Armenia", Yerevan, Aghvank, 1995
- ^ (in Armenian) Karapet Sukiasyan, "Armens and Ararat", LA, 1996
- ^ L.G.Stepanyan, Armenian (indo-European) stratus in the Polinesian languages, Vol. I, Yerevan, 2001
- ^ (in Russian) Асмик Гулакян, Родина всегда рядом// "Голос Армении", 4 Nov. 2006, http://www.golos.am/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=165&Itemid=53
- ^ 'Nationalism, politics, and the practice of archaeology in the Caucasus', in: Kohl, Fawcett (eds.), Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology, Cambridge University Press (1996), ISBN 0521558395, p. 176