Case file · Sacred site
Carahunge, the 'Armenian Stonehenge'
From 1994 the radiophysicist Paris Herouni argued that Zorats Karer (Carahunge), a field of more than 200 standing stones in southern Armenia, some with holes, was an astronomical observatory more than 7,000 years old.
1994 CE · 39.55, 46.03 · status: disputed
The account
The site became a national symbol and tourist attraction as the 'Armenian Stonehenge'. Archaeologists date the burials there to the Bronze and Iron Ages and say the stones may be part of a necropolis or a wall; the holes may have served to move or tie stones.
The sceptical view
The observatory dating is not accepted by most archaeologists; alignments can be found in any large group of stones.