Babken Nikolayi Arakelyan (; February 1, 1912August 16, 2004) was an Armenian historian and

archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeol ...

. He specialized in ancient and medieval Armenian history, culture and art. He graduated from

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; , , ), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country. It is thus informally known as Armenia's ...

in 1938. He was a professor and a full member (academician) of the

Armenian Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia'') is the Armenian national academy, functioning as the primary body that conducts research and coordinates acti ...

since 1974. He headed the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography between 1959 and 1990.

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