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
This city called "The Glory of the East," the ancient capital of Persia, is situated in the province of Faris, on the river Araxes.
From Modern Persia by Daniel, Mooshie G.
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
Among such savages as these, and through the forests and wildernesses in which they lived, Cyrus advanced till he reached the Araxes.
From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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