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Science and Inventions
Science and Inventions
Raymond Damadian filed the first patent for this medical scanning device.
What is the MRI machine?
This Armenia city was called the “Pink City” due to the ancient volcanic rock that was used to build it.
What is Yerevan?
This famous Armenian-Canadian director is known for his explorations of character and identity, as shown through movies like Exotica and Calendar.
Who is Atom Egoyan?
Once known as Alexandrapol and later Leninakan, this Armenian city in the Shirak province is today celebrated as the country’s “capital of humour” and traditional crafts.
What is Gyumri?
This Armenian football/soccer star, who has played for clubs like Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United, Arsenal, Roma, and Inter Milan, captained the Armenian national team and is widely considered Armenia’s most famous modern footballer.
Who is Henrikh Mkhitaryan?
The ATM machine was pioneered by many inventors and entrepreneurs, this Armenian individual being amongst them.
Who is Luther Simjian?
Imprisoned for years in a “deep pit” beneath this Ararat-valley monastery, this future saint later converted King Trdat III and is remembered as the Illuminator of Armenia.
Who is Gregory the Illuminator?
This Armenian filmmaker created critically acclaimed movies such as The Colour of Pomegranates, Ashik Kerib, and Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors. He is considered by many to be a master of abstract cinema.
Who is Sergei Parajanov?
This river forms Armenia’s western border with Turkey.
What is Arax River?
This film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale.
What is the Promise?
An element off of the periodic table was discovered by and named after this Armenian Scientist.
Who is Yuri Oganessian?
Known as the “City of 1,001 Churches”, this ancient and iconic city was the capital of the Bagratuni Armenian kingdom between 961 and 1045 AD
What is Ani?
This famous song composed by Armenian composer Aram Khatchaturian was written originally for the ballet Gayane.
What is Sabre Dance?
This peak is Armenia’s highest point, standing in the Gegharkunik-Vayots Dzor region at over 4000 meters.
What is Mount Aragats?
This duduk master contributed to the Gladiator soundtrack and helped popularize the duduk worldwide.
Who is Djivan Gasparyan?
This Iranian Armenian scientist is considered “the mother of Iranian astronomy”, becoming the first ever female professor of physics in Iran and revolutionizing the way astrophysics was taught.
Who is Alenoush Terian?
This Bronze age Armenian kingdom is responsible for the creation of the Erebuni Fortress.
What is The Kingdom of Urartu?
This Armenian Canadian photographer is widely regarded as “one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century”, photographic historical figures like Churchill, Hemingway, and Einstein.
Who is Yousuf Karsh?
This central province of Armenia, surrounding but not including Yerevan, is home to the pagan Temple of Garni, the Geghard Monastery, and the popular ski resort town Tsaghkadzor.
What is Kotayk?
This Armenian singer represented Armenia at Eurovision 2014 with the song “Not Alone,” finishing in the top 5.
Who is Aram MP3?
Born in 1921, this Soviet-Armenian engineer led the design of the Lunokhod robotic vehicles, making him the father of the world’s first successful moon rover.
Who is Alexander Kemurdzhian?
This Armenian mythological figure was a mithraic god, worshiped for and associated with the sea.
Who is Tsovinar?
This Armenian writer wrote the book Among the Ruins based off their eyewitness account of the Adana massacres. Their work was described as "the only work in the Armenian language in which an eyewitness account is turned into a literary form."
Who is Zabel Yesayan?
This canyon formed by the Vorotan River is among the deepest in the Caucasus region and a popular hiking destination.
What is Vorotan Canyon?
This Armenian-founded Silicon Valley company created early VR hardware prototypes that inspired Oculus.
What is Survios?