Araxes
Americannoun
noun
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By 2006, the cemetery had been smashed to pieces, with ancient grave markers dumped into the Araxes River, according to a report by Pickman in Archaeology magazine.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2020
To the east peasants watched their flocks in the valley of Araxes, allegedly the valley created "Eden" by Jehovah.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The patriarchs of Great Armenia first resided at Ashtishat, on the Araxes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
The boundary between his dominions and those of the queen was at the River Araxes, a stream flowing from west to east, through the central parts of Asia, toward the Caspian Sea.
From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
The great height of the snow-line, 14,000 ft., is due to the small rainfall and the upward rush of dry air from the plain of the Araxes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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