[neb52]

It would be nice if they had provided a map of the find. Has Armenian really ever had definite borders. Even in Tigran's day it ebbed and flowed, dependent on the many joint Armenian-Pontus invasions of Roman Asia Province. Was it Lucuis Lucullus or Pompei that finally killed of Tigran Armenia and destroyed his Hellenize capital?

[SunkenCiv]

Does any country? ;') Each time a new ethnic group migrated in, kingdoms toppled, borders changed, etc etc. Nineveh endured a long while as the capital of Assyria. In its final years it managed to hold off the wolves by alliance. Trouble was, the ally was another potential competitor, and two-on-two became three-on-one. (':