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   Tsaghkalanj (till 1978  Aghjaghala), with a S. Gevorg church of the 1870s. Nearby are Bronze Age grave mounds and, to the NE, Amenaprkich medieval settlement with graveyard.  The Neolithic-Chalcolithic tell site of Aghjaghala is on the E side of the village.

   Continuing   N,   one   reaches   the village of Aragats (Armenians and Kurds, till 1946 Khznauz), with a S. Stepanos church of 1870.  To reach the Urartian fortress/settlement just SW of the village, turn left from the large building festooned with storks’ nests on the W side of  the  main  road,

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then right following the asphalt road, then take the second dirt road left to where it becomes impassible.  The rough walls of the site are visible, embedded in a rocky 10 m high mound.  Total area of this important early 7th c. defensive site is about 10-15 acres.