Photos by: DR. HAROUT TANIELIAN

The red paint was extracted from an insect Porphyrophora hamelii (Margarodidae family) and the stones dyed more than 800 years ago. Geghard Monastery.

Adjacent Cross-Stones (Khachkar) from Geghard Monastery dyed in crimson red with a special paint extracted from an insect Porphyrophora hamelii (Margarodidae family). These Cross Stones were dyed more than 800 years ago.

A Cross-Stone (Khachkar) in Geghard Monastery dyed in crimson red with a special paint extracted from an insect Porphyrophora hamelii (Margarodidae family). This Cross Stone was dyed more than 800 years ago.

Zorats Karer or Carahunge. The latter is comprised of two words Car (Qar) and Hunge (reads: hoonch), which respectively mean Stone and Speak, thus literally means speaking stones (remember and compare with Stone Henge - Stone Hunge). Probably an observatory of more than 7600 years, or a place for a Contact...

Zorats Karer or Carahunge. The latter is comprised of two words Car (Qar) and Hunge (reads: hoonch), which respectively mean Stone and Speak, thus literally means speaking stones (remember and compare with Stone Henge - Stone Hunge). Probably an observatory of more than 7600 years, or a place for a Contact...

Zorats Karer or Carahunge. The latter is comprised of two words Car (Qar) and Hunge (reads: hoonch), which respectively mean Stone and Speak, thus literally means speaking stones (remember and compare with Stone Henge - Stone Hunge). Probably an observatory of more than 7600 years, or a place for a Contact...

Zorats Karer or Carahunge. The latter is comprised of two words Car (Qar) and Hunge (reads: hoonch), which respectively mean Stone and Speak, thus literally means speaking stones (remember and compare with Stone Henge - Stone Hunge). Probably an observatory of more than 7600 years, or a place for a Contact...

Zorats Karer or Carahunge. The latter is comprised of two words Car (Qar) and Hunge (reads: hoonch), which respectively mean Stone and Speak, thus literally means speaking stones (remember and compare with Stone Henge - Stone Hunge). Probably an observatory of more than 7600 years, or a place for a Contact...

Shot with a Sony-Zeiss Cir-Pola on a Manfrotto 055CXPro3 tripod

A statue depicting grandparents at the entrance of the city of Stepanakert, Karabakh, Armenia. It also stands for "We are Our Mountains", sculptor: Sargis Baghdasaryan 1967. Is widely regarded as a symbol of Armenian heritage of Nagorno-Karabakh

Inside Tatev Monastery, Syunik Province, Armenia

Dadivank Monastery (4-17th centuries), Karabagh, Armenia. Shot on a Manfrotto 055CXPro3 + 322RC2