Destruction of the gradually-abandoned fifth century mediaval city of Ani (situated in Turkey's provine of Kars near Armenia) occurred when sacked by Mongols, when devastated by a 1319 earthquake, and when Marr's excavations and building repairs were destroyed in 1921.
Destruction of the gradually-abandoned fifth century mediaval city of Ani (situated in Turkey's provine of Kars near Armenia) occurred when sacked by Mongols, when devastated by a 1319 earthquake, and when Marr's excavations and building repairs were destroyed in 1921.