What is Gregory Areshian?
[[File:Gregory Areshian 2.jpg|thumb|Gregory Areshian]] '''Gregory Areshian''' (13 May 1949 – 2 August 2020) was an Armenian-American archeologist and historian. He was a professor at [[American University of Armenia]]. He was the co-director of the international team of archeologists that found the 5,500 years old [[Areni-1 shoe|shoe]] in and the oldest [[Areni-1 winery|winery]] in Areni.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sott.net/article/210251-Ancient-Shoe-Steps-up-Archaeological-Insight|title=Ancient Shoe Steps up Archaeological Insight -- Sott.net|website=Sott.net|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> Areshian taught at 14 American universities and colleges including; the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], [[University of California, Irvine]], [[University of Chicago]], [[University of Wisconsin, Platteville]], and [[Amherst College]]. Areshian died on 2 August 2020 in [[Yerevan]] from [[COVID-19]], aged 71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.evnreport.com/raw-unfiltered/in-memoriam-dr-gregory-areshian?fbclid=IwAR2L1gp-LhMqZtBFGuCaBy1PWbm_B9kOVFpoYn8UB_uh-qPKFV2SIt6RsfY|title=In Memoriam: Dr. Gregory Areshian -- evnreport.com|website=evnreport.com|access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1023827/eng/ Gregory Areshian, archaeologist who co-led discovery of world’s oldest winery, dead at 71]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Areshian, Gregory}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:Armenian historians]] [[Category:American archaeologists]] {{US-bio-stub}}