Tigranakert (,
Arts'akhi Tigranakert) is a ruined Armenian city dating back to the
Hellenistic period. It is one of several former cities in the
Armenian plateau with the same name, named in honor of the Armenian king
Tigranes the Great (r. 95–55 B.C.), although some scholars, such as
Robert Hewsen and Babken Harutyunyan, have posited that this particular Tigranakert may have been founded by Tigranes the Great's father,
Tigranes I (r. ca. 123–95 B.C.). It occupies an area of about 50
hectares and is located in the province of
Martakert in the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR),
de jure Aghdara in
Azerbaijan, approximately four kilometers south of the Khachenaget River.