Babken Nikolayi Arakelyan (Armenian: Բաբկեն Նիկոլայի Առաքելյան; February 1, 1912 – August 16, 2004) was an Armenian historian and archeologist.
He specialized in ancient and medieval Armenian history, culture and art.
[1] He graduated from Yerevan State University in 1938.
He was a professor and a full member (academician) of the Armenian Academy of Sciences since 1974.
He headed the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography between 1959 and 1990.