{"id":30982,"date":"2018-02-12T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/phantoms_of_vorotan_gorge\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T14:42:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:42:37","slug":"phantoms-of-vorotan-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/phantoms-of-vorotan-gorge\/","title":{"rendered":"Phantoms of Vorotan Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1: Vorotan gorge and its abandoned cave villages<\/h3>\n

Early in the morning we will move to Syunik region, where we will see several abandoned villages with huge houses carved out of the rock. After seeing all these you can easily imagine how people once lived in the caves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Old Khot is one of the oldest inhabited ares of Syunik. People call this place “armenian Machu Picchu”.\u00a0Hin Khot is of great interest for archaeologists due to its 2nd-1st century BC burial grounds. In one of the local cemeteries the ruins of the Red Church are situated, which was built in the 12th century.<\/p>\n

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Cave dwellings of Syunik<\/p><\/div>\n\n