 The area was the setting for the Armenian epic "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), which was rediscovered and first partly written down in 1873.It is better known as "Sasuntsi Davit" ("David of Sasun").This epic dates from the time of the invasion of Armenia by the Caliphs of Egypt (about 670), in which the Armenian folk hero of the same name drives foreign invaders from Armenia.