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Julfa Cemetery Digital Repatriation Project

The historic cemetery at Julfa Ջուղայի գերեզմանոց stood until 2006 on the banks of the Arax river between Iran and Nakhichevan, west of the ruined city of Jugha. Culturally and historically unique, Julfa was one of the oldest Christian cemeteries in the world. At its peak it held more than 10,000 ornately carved khach‘k‘ars (cross-stones)…