{{Short description|Armenian historian and archaeologist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Babken Arakelyan | image = Bust of Babken Arakelyan on Mashtots Avenue Yerevan.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Bust of Arakelyan on Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan | birth_date = {{birth date |1912|02|01}} | birth_place = Gecherlu, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Mrgashat, Armenia) | death_date = {{death date and age |2004|08|16 |1912|02|01}} | death_place = Yerevan, Armenia | other_names = Babken Nikoghosi Arakelyan | citizenship = | fields = History, archaeology | workplaces = | alma_mater = | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = }}
'''Babken Nikolayi Arakelyan''' ({{langx|hy|Բաբկեն Նիկոլայի Առաքելյան}}; February 1, 1912{{spaced ndash}}August 16, 2004) was an Armenian historian and archeologist. He specialized in ancient and medieval Armenian history, culture and art.<ref name="sci.am"/> He graduated from Yerevan State University in 1938. He was a professor and a full member (academician) of the Armenian Academy of Sciences since 1974. He headed the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography between 1959 and 1990.<ref name="sci.am">{{cite web|title=Բաբկեն Նիկոլայի Առաքելյան [Babken Nikolayi Arakelyan] |url=http://www.sci.am/members.php?mid=62&langid=2 |publisher=Armenian Academy of Sciences |accessdate=7 September 2014 |location=Yerevan |language=hy |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907223108/http://www.sci.am/members.php?mid=62&langid=2 |archivedate=September 7, 2014 }}</ref>
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