Excavations at Areni 1 Cave in Armenia's Vayots Dzor region unearthed a more-than-5,900-year-old women's straw-woven skirt, Armenian Archaeology and Ethnography Institute Director Pavel Avetisyan told Armenian News-News.am. Avetisyan informed that this artifact was discovered in 2010 and, even though they had informed about this precious item at the time, interest toward it grew further only recently. Read more
The Areni-1 cave complex is a cave in the Areni village of southern Armenia along the Arpa River. In January 2011, the earliest known winery in the world was announced to be found in the cave. Read more