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Claims to Have Solved the Mystery of the Mysterious "Dragon Stones": They Are Signs of a Water Cult

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A new study by Yerevan State University (YSU) and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography is the first large-scale statistical and spatial analysis of 115 known dragon stones – or “vishaps” – and suggests that these monuments were not territorial or mythical markers, but deliberately erected totems of an early “water cult” whose rituals were linked to melting snow streams, springs, and seasonal movements of herds of animals across the mount…
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A new study by Yerevan State University (YSU) and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography is the first large-scale statistical and spatial analysis of 115 known dragon stones – or “vishaps” – and suggests that these monuments were not territorial or mythical markers, but deliberately erected totems of an early “water cult” whose rituals were linked to melting snow streams, springs, and seasonal movements of herds of animals across the mount…

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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lrytas.lt broke the news in Vilnius, Lithuania on Friday, August 14, 2026.
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