The Astonishing Discovery of Lchashen Settlement
The story of the discovery of this settlement is as amazing as the site itself. For centuries it was sunk beneath Lake Sevan, the largest lake in the Caucasus, and one of the highest Alpine lakes in Eurasia. During the Soviet-era, the lake was drained to help to irrigate the vast plain of Arat which gradually led to the level of the lake dropping. In the 1950s the retreating waters allowed for the re-discovery of an ancient necropolis which contained some 800 tombs.
