Because of that wound, the place was called Aram's shoulder (Armenian: Արամի ուսը, romanized: Arami usə) and then, after linguistics evolutions of centuries, the name changed to Aramus.

The huge fortress-settlement of "Nokhut Tapay" in the area of Aramus village stands out among them, The excavations of the castle started in the 1980s with the efforts of the archeological expedition of Yerevan State University.

The process of archeological survey in the area stopped due to the 1988's Spitak earthquake and the dissolution of the USSR.

Most likely, this wall dates back to the pre-Urartian period and is characterized as a remnant of a Cyclops fortress inhabited from the Bronze Age.

The latter refers to:  During the reign of Van, it joins the remains of a powerful tower in the eastern part of the citadel.

Studies have shown that the last wall surrounding the citadel is a post-Urartian system that existed in the early Middle Ages.