Hovick Nersessian is also in New York Academy of Sciences Here are some more scholars Jacquetta Hawkes Jacquetta Hawkes The First Great Civilizations London 1967 Yet the Hurrians did not disappear from history Away to the North in their Armenian homeland they entrenched themselves and build up the kingdom of Urartu edit M Chahin M Chahin The Kingdom of Armenia London 2001 The new kingdom of Urartu which proved to be the stronghold of the Hurrian race Hurrians meaning the people of Mitanni which were both from Armenian Highland