Interestingly, some of the earliest agricultural villages where wheat dating back thousands of years has been discovered are to the southwest of Lake Van and the mountains of Ararat.
Interesanti, ka dažas no vissenākajām zemkopju apmetnēm, kur atklāti vairākus tūkstošus gadu veci kvieši, atrodas dienvidrietumos no Vana ezera un Ararata kalniem.