Tuesday, April 2 2024 21:32

ArmInfo.From September 21 this year and until March 2025, the bronze bust of the goddess Anahit from  the collection of the British Museum (1st century BC)  will be exhibited at the Museum of History from the collection of the British Museum. According to the press service of the Ministry of Education,  Science, Culture and Sports (MESCS), this was stated by the Director of the Museum, David Poghosyan.

In connection with such an event, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to  Armenia John Gallagher noted: "I am very pleased that the British  Museum will temporarily give the bronze bust of the goddess Anahit to  the History Museum of Armenia. The British Museum is renowned for its  large collection and its willingness to display its treasures around  the world.

According to the source, the History Museum of Armenia has previously  collaborated with the British Museum, temporarily providing its  exhibits as part of various international exhibitions. However, for  the first time in Armenia, samples from this prestigious museum will  be exhibited, especially such symbolic ones, which have special  significance for the Armenian people.  Earlier, the Museum of History  reported that with the approval of the Board of Trustees of the  British Museum, this year within the framework of the exhibition  entitled "Mother Divinity: From Anahit to Mariam,"  the bust and hand  preserved from the bronze statue of the goddess Anahit (1st century  BC) will be exhibited for the first time at the Museum of History of  Armenia,.

The bust of a gilded bronze statue of the goddess Anahit, which was  found in Erinj, near Erzurum (modern Turkey) in the 1870s, is kept in  the British Museum.