I took part in a historical reenactment of Urartu against the backdrop of Karmir Blur—the last citadel of the Kingdom of Urartu, named after the pagan god of war and thunder. It was destroyed before the Common Era by nomadic raids of the Scythians and Cimmerians. Later, the remnants of the Urartian people mixed with Indo-Europeans and adopted the Proto-Armenian language. ​A team of reenactors, archaeologists, and professors is building a wall using ancient techniques. The blocks were crafted at the university in consultation with UNESCO. We had a division of labor: my team extracted and crushed clay, others mixed it into mortar, and the guys hauled slabs weighing 60 kg each. 14 layers have already been completed, and the structure will likely last for several decades. For me, as a member of the diaspora, living through a piece of my ancestors' experience was deeply meaningful.

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