Tuesday, April 18, 2023
09:30 - Opening address by the organizers
09:45 - Welcome address by A. Bobokhyan (Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia)
10:00 - Welcome address by H. Gyulamiryan (Director of the Wine History Museum of Armenia)
The environmental setting (chair: A. Lichtenberger)
10:15 - Geology and Geography of the Ararat Plain – A. Avagyan, L. Sahakyan (Yerevan)
11:00 - Coffee break
11:30 - Winemaking in the Classical Period Cities of the Ararat Valley: Armavir, Artashat, Vagharshapat – R. Palaniyan (Yerevan)
12:15 - Communication network of the Ararat Plain, Armenia. Geographical, Economic, Political dimensions (1st millennium B.C. - 1st millennium A.D.) – M. H. Zardaryan (Yerevan)
13:00 - Lunch break
Capitals in the Ararat Valley I (chair: T. Schreiber)
14:00 - Royal Cities in the Ararat Valley – S. Erhardt, J. Schellig (Münster – Jerusalem)
14:45 - Armavir. From the religious center of Argishtikhinili to the capital of the Yervanduni – I. Karapetyan (Yerevan)
15:30 - Coffee break
16:00 - Yervandashat – Yervandakert. Connecting to the Past. The Orontid Capital in a Urartian Landscape – S. Muradyan (Yerevan)
16:45 - Formation of Urban Space on the Territory of Vagharshapat – L. Mkrthyan, A. Tadevosyan, A. Gnuni (Yerevan)
17:30 - Early Medieval Dvin – H. L. Petrosyan (Yerevan)
18:15 - Reception at the Museum and guided Tour through the Exhibition (H. Gyulamiryan)
19:30 - Dinner

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Capitals in the Ararat Valley II: Artashat (chair: H. L. Petrosyan)
09:30 - The Armenian-German Artaxata Project: Investigating the Lower City of ancient Artashat – H. Gyulamiryan, A. Lichtenberger, T. Schreiber, M. H. Zardaryan (Yerevan – Münster)
10:15 - A Survey of the Palaeofauna in the Ararat Plain from Artaxata, Hill XIII – V. Becker (Copenhagen)
11:00 - Coffee break
11:30 - The Agricultural Landscape of Hellenistic Artaxata – A. Orendi (Tübingen)
12:15 - Human Remains from Artashat (Results of the preliminary Investigation) – H. Simonyan (Yerevan)
13:00 - Lunch break
14:00 - Field trip to Artaxata-Artashat

Thursday, April 20, 2023
Settlements in the Ararat Valley (chair: M. H. Zardaryan)
09:30 - Metsamor. Reconstruction of the Town Space Arrangement and its Significance – K. Jakubiak (Warsaw)
10:15 - Asia Minor Columnar Sarcophagi in the Structure of the Arsacids Residence in Garni – H. Margaryan (Yerevan)
11:00 - Coffee break
Capitals beyond the Ararat Valley (chair: M. H. Zardaryan)
11:30 - Capital Cities and Royal Residences of late Hellenistic Sophene and Commagene – M. Blömer (Münster)
12:15 - Seleukeia on the Tigris - New Considerations on the Seleukid Royal City – W. Held (Marburg)
13:00 - Lunch break
14:00 - Final Discussion