Ancient fortress discovered at the altitude of 3,300m in Turkey

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In the Gürpınar district of Van, located in eastern Turkey, a fortress ruin, which is considered to be used by the ruling class of the Urartians, was detected on a mountain at an altitude of 3,300.

The excavation team headed by Professor Rafet Çavuşoğlu was initiated an Archaeological Surface Research Project in order to uncover the historical structures in the district and bring them to tourism.

It was determined that the fortress, which is considered to be used by the Urartian executives, hosted different civilizations in the Iron Age.

Professor Çavuşoğlu told Anadolu Agency that they come across different finds every year in Van, which was designated as the capital city by the Urartians.

Stating that it was exciting to encounter a fortress at this height for the first time during the survey, Çavuşoğlu said, “During the climb, we first encountered an ancient road leading to the fortress.

The ancient road is exciting. We see that the Urartians built a tremendous fortress at 3,300 meters. We found that this fortress was also used in the periods after the Urartians.” he said.

Source - https://arkeonews.net/an-urartian-fortress-was-discovered-at-an-altitude-of-3300-meters-in-eastern-turkey/

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Turkey is in a very bad economic state.. maybe tourism and discoveries like these could help.