Stones row in Zorats Karer, Carenish, Dik-dik karer near Sisian, Syunik Province, Armenia
Armenian historian Stepanos Orbelian in his book `History of Syunic I-XII centuries mentioned that in Tsluk Yevalakh region of Armenia, near town Syunic or Sisian was a village Carunge, which means in Armenian Stone Treasure or Foundational Stones. The name Carahunge is interpreted as deriving from two Armenian words: car or kar, meaning stone, and hunge or hoonch, meaning sound. Thus the name Carahunge means Speaking Stones.
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