Boris Gasparyan

Boris Gasparyan, researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (NAS Armenia) and assistant professor at Yerevan State University, has led numerous international archaeological missions since 2000. He directed the Areni-1 cave project, uncovering the world’s oldest shoe and a wine-producing facility. Specializing in Armenian and Near Eastern archaeology, he has excavated sites from the Palaeolithic to the medieval period and authored around 180 publications.