Original sentence: Gamkrelidze and V.Ivanov supported the conviction that Armenians were the original inhabitants of much of historic Armenia.Such attempts were not agreed by Diakonoff (1984:129f.Thus, Assyrian, Persian, and Egyptian records identify with the Armenians
Edited sentence: ) ; see also nationalism and archaeology.Such attempts were firmly rejected by Diakonoff (1984:129f.The hypothesis was also embraced by Armenian patriotism as supporting the conviction that Armenians were the original inhabitants of much of historic Armenia.Thus, Kavoukjian (English 1987) tries to identify various peoples known from cuneiform and classical sources with the Armenians