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The early-morning sun casts long shadows as it illuminates Armenia’s Garni Temple. With its colonnades and position atop a rocky outcrop, the 1,900-year-old building is reminiscent of the Parthenon in Athens.
Inside the grey-stone temple, a man plays a
duduk, a woodwind instrument made from the wood of an apricot tree. With impressive acoustics, the temple’s austere interior seems tailor-made for such a performance.
This Greco-Roman temple at Garni has pagan origins and was originally built to honor the sun god, Mihr. However, today, Armenia is known as being one of the