Satellite images from 2003, top, and 2009 show the demolition of the world’s largest medieval Armenian cemetery in Djulfa, activists say. Unlike Islamic State and the Taliban, who self-promoted their destruction of historical ruins and monuments, Azerbaijani officials deny that the Armenian cemeteries and churches in question ever existed. I’m stuck with this until something happens.”Argam Ayvazyan, a researcher who documented the medieval Armenian monuments of Nakhichevan, pictured by a khachkar. I’d never forgive myself if the world never learned of the great cultural genocide of our time.”Azerbaijan’s denial is particularly painful to Armenians. As a boy growing up in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Maghakyan often went with his father to visit sacred cultural sites like Armenian churches, medieval Jewish cemeteries and Azerbaijani mausoleums.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 07, 2019 14:02 UTC