Ararat is the sacred mountain of the Armenian people and their national symbol. Throughout history, many legends and myths have been dedicated to this sacred mountain.
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Biblical Ararat
According to the Bible, Ararat harbored Noah’s ark after the Great Flood.and, consequently, became known as Noah’s Mountain or the Noah’s Ark Mountain. It also refers to Ararat as the land of escape (Genesis, 8:1-4), and Armenia is named “the land of escape” according to ancient Mesopotamian sources and several Ancient Eastern fables, including Berossus, Alexander Novel, Abyudenos, Josheph Flavius, Yevsebos Caesar, Movses Khorenatsi and others. To this day, references to Mount Ararat and Noah’s Ark have been preserved in the fables of diverse peoples.
The second mountain chain of the Armenian Highland is the Armenian Par, which starts at the Biblical Mount Ararat, and divides the Highland into two equal parts: north and south. The Tsaghkants Mountains lie in the southern part of the mountain chain, while the second mountain chain, Armenian Taurus, is located in the south.
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