In a well known Areni 1,Vaiots Dzor in Armenia well preserved burial places of people of the enelithic age are found. As we now excavations are conducted by Arme nain team  in cooperation with archeologists from the University of California (USA) and University College Cork (UCC) (Ireland).

Bodies of adults and children in clay tombs have been found. Children’s bodies are intact, but the adults were dismembered. The find gives  unique opportunity to find out the children’s genetic code by means of DNA analyses. This, in turn, will supply scientists with valuable information on the humans’ genetic evolution. But  that all is very expensive, laboratory analyses cost €60,000.

The colourful vessels with the sun and animals are a very interesting findings as weel since colours were not widely spread in Armenia in the eneolithic age.

Also, the scientists have found a skirt made of reed that could be 5,900-year-old.

Earlier excavation in the same location has produced what researchers believe is a 5,500-year-old shoe, making it the oldest piece of leather footwear known to researchers.

Boris Gasparian, an Armenian archaeologist who worked jointly with U.S. and Irish scientists at the site, said they also found a mummified goat that could be 5,900-year-old, or more than 1,000 years older than the mummified animals found in Egypt.