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Urartu castle found at the bottom of a lake n Turkey | Daily Mail Online
'Divers exploring Lake Van discovered the incredibly well preserved wall of a castle, thought to have been built by the Urartu civilisation. '
'Their capital Tushpa, was located at what is now known as Lake Van. '
'The Kingdom of Urartu was ancient country in the mountainous region southeast of the Black Sea and southwest of the Caspian Sea. ', "The 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortification have been discovered at the bottom of Turkey's largest lake."
'Urartu is an Assyrian name and the people called Urartians called their country Biainili. '
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[–] GOMAD_OR_GFYAD 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Why did they build a castle underwater? How?
[–] XAPHAN [S] ago
There are still many questions.
[–] GOMAD_OR_GFYAD ago
Maybe urartu's had gills
[–] RURAL-TROOPER ago
Maybe there was some sort of flood 5,000 years ago.
[–] mergen ago (edited ago)
echoing ChuckNorrisss in the article's comment section...
"You mean they had climate change and sea level rise 3000 years ago? Wait, how is that possible?"
uh...How did they date the place?
[–] derram ago
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'Divers exploring Lake Van discovered the incredibly well preserved wall of a castle, thought to have been built by the Urartu civilisation. '
'Their capital Tushpa, was located at what is now known as Lake Van. '
'The Kingdom of Urartu was ancient country in the mountainous region southeast of the Black Sea and southwest of the Caspian Sea. ', "The 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortification have been discovered at the bottom of Turkey's largest lake."
'Urartu is an Assyrian name and the people called Urartians called their country Biainili. '
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[–] XAPHAN [S] ago
Lots of interesting stuff going on in Turkey these days.
[–] TheBuddha ago
There are a lot of projects looking for volunteers if you want to go on a dig.
[–] XAPHAN [S] ago
Oh to be young again.