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Between an Armenian monarch taking over Jerusalem in 95 BCE, a wave of Armenian emigration to Jerusalem in the 4th century and the horrific events of the Armenian genocide, the new museum has a lot of important history to share

Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat is even featured on Armenia’s National Coat of Arms. Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi (410-490 AD) recounted the tradition that Noah’s son Japheth had a descendant named Hayk who shot an arrow in a battle near Lake Van c.2,500 BC killing Nimrod, builder of the Tower of Babel — the first tyrant of the ancient world. Hayk is the origin of “Hayastan,” the Armenian name for Armenia. Ancient Armenians may have had some relations with the H...