Thanahat Church
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Birgit Christiansen
Creators: Birgit Christiansen
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Last modified
May 11, 2026 01:57 PM
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History
Thanahat Church is a Christian church situated in a mountain village at the right shore of the Vorotan river near the village Arevis, 17 km west of Sissian in the Sjunik province in southern Armenia. In the ruins of the church, a stele of the Urartian king Argišti II., son of Rusa (eighth century BCE) was found, which describes his success and conquest of the land Etiuḫi, resulting in the deportation of enemies and the establishment of a tribute (CTU 1 A 11-3).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/770095145
39.7801675394, 45.3995824265
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- OSM location of Thanahat church (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Thanahat (T'anahat: Armenian, modern)
- Thanahat Church part of (physical/topographic) Urartu (unspecified date range)
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Pleiades
Birgit Christiansen , and Jeffrey Becker, 'Thanahat Church: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/770095145> [accessed: 13 June 2026]
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