Earliest Cyclopean Walls in Armenia (c. 2200 BC). Cyclopean walls in the Armenian plateau date to the early Bronze Age, around 2200 BC. These walls are among the oldest known examples of cyclopean masonry worldwide. Construction style is rough, polygonal, and resembles other bronze‑age sites across Europe.

Cyclopean walls in the Armenian plateau date to the Kura Araxes (Shengavitian) Period, c. 3400/3200–2500 BC — among the oldest examples worldwide! 🏛️ These polygonal stone walls from the Early Bronze Age show construction techniques that would appear centuries later across Europe. The Caucasus was a hub of architectural innovation long before we thought.

Key Facts

  • Cyclopean walls in the Armenian plateau date to the early Bronze Age, around 2200 BC.
  • These walls are among the oldest known examples of cyclopean masonry worldwide.
  • Construction style is rough, polygonal, and resembles other bronze‑age sites across Europe.

Source: Searching for the oldest signs of civilization in the site of the biblical flood. Armenia by One-eyed giant building walls