2500 or 4500 year-old homeland?

Despite the proverbial opposition by the U.S. government and the age-old breaking of electoral promises as a candidate by the sitting President, on March 4, 2010 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives voted 23-22 to approve H.R. 252 regarding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Now it remains to be seen if this resolution will make it to the floor of the House, despite the usual antics by Turkey and the "shameful act" of natural convergence between the interests of the military-industrial complex  and those of American foreign policy, where money seems to have trampled any claims to moral high ground since the times of the Gettysburg Address, if not before.

Of Weird Science and Dangerous Illusions

“Azg,” the Yerevan-based daily, has recently published (November 13, 2009) Naira Hambardzumyan's interview with Prof. Vahagn Gurzadyan, an astrophysicist and member of the Yerevan Institute of Physics. His sensitive and well-grounded comments on recent claims in ancient astronomy are worth of attention. One would like to remind the readers that, unfortunately, there is no lack of fringe theories and ideologically-tainted statements in the press and the bookstores of Yerevan that pretend to pass for scholarship in matters related to Armenian Studies. It is refreshing to see that serious scholars in Armenia try to settle the record straight and protect true science from unwarranted assaults. Here is our translation of the last part of the interview.