Despite the comparatively dense settlement of Armenia, an astonishing number of desert kites have remained visible here over the millennia. If you look at the shapes, most of the structures are reminiscent of Arabian desert kites. But there are also some that resemble the Central Asian ones. An exciting question would be whether such similarities are pure coincidence or whether there was an exchange of technology between these regions at that time.
Scientific publication on the Armenian kites >
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