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  • Urartian king's burial chamber opened for first time in E Turkey

    Tuesday, January 4, 2011
    VAN - Anatolia News Agency

    The burial chambers of an Urartian king and his family have been opened for the first time for Anatolia news agency. The graves in the ancient Van castle, an important work of architecture from the Urartian Empire that ruled eastern Anatolia between the ninth and sixth centuries B.C. are normally off limits to visitors, but were revealed to the agency



    The burial chambers of Urartian King Argishti I and his family in the western wing of an ancient castle in the eastern Turkish province of Van have been opened for the first time.

    “The burial chamber is in the western part of Van castle and bears workmanship of the highest quality. It is reached through a 24-step staircase,” said Rafet Çavuşoğlu, a professor at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University’s Archaeology Department.

    King Argishti I was buried in a rock burial chamber called “Horhor Cave,” said the professor, who specially opened the doors to the graves to Anatolia news agency.

    Van castle, which is 120 meters by 80 meters and was built on a rocky peak along Lake Van, has been the site of recent excavations headed by lecturer Altan Çilingiroğlu of Ege University.

    Çavuşoğlu said Urartian writing on the wall of the burial chamber was very interesting.

    “There are nail holes in spaces between doors opening to the chambers inside. These holes were used to hang torches and gifts,” said the Yüzüncü Yıl professor. “There are four inner chambers and each chamber has four alcoves on the walls. The location of the alcoves and doors and the dimension of the chambers are similar to each other.”

    He said religious ceremonies were held in the hall in burial chambers and valuable objects were buried in the adjacent chambers.

    “The burial chambers are described as caves in the 17th-century Ottoman plan and Evliya Çelebi’s travel book. They served as an armory, a food depot and a workshop in the time of the Ottomans,” he said.

    Before kingdom in ancient times

    Centered in eastern Anatolia, the Kingdom of Urartu ruled between the ninth and sixth centuries B.C. until its defeat by Media in the early 6th century B.C. The best monuments of Urartu exist in Van as the city was the capital of the kingdom with the name Tushpa.

    The ancient castle, which has traces of a 3,000-year-old civilization and is composed of five separate sections, draws hundreds of visitors from Turkey and overseas every year. However, because the burial chambers of Urartian King Argishti I and his family are kept closed to visitors, only Anatolia was allowed in to take photographs of the graves’ interior.

    Argishti I was the sixth known king of the ancient kingdom, reigning from 786 B.C. to 764 B.C. As the son and the successor of Menua, he continued a series of conquests initiated by his predecessors. Victorious against the Assyrians, he conquered the northern part of Syria and made Urartu the most powerful state in the post-Hittite Near East.

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    Re: Urartian king's burial chamber opened for first time in E Turkey

    Originally posted by Eddo211 View Post
    Tuesday, January 4, 2011
    VAN - Anatolia News Agency

    The burial chambers of an Urartian king and his family have been opened for the first time for Anatolia news agency. The graves in the ancient Van castle, an important work of architecture from the Urartian Empire that ruled eastern Anatolia between the ninth and sixth centuries B.C. are normally off limits to visitors, but were revealed to the agency
    Nonsense. I've been inside many times. Until the 1990s you could enter the caves whenever you wanted. Even now, they are open lots of times, though normally only when large groups of tourists come visiting.
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      Re: Urartian king's burial chamber opened for first time in E Turkey

      Does everyone agree with this history?

      Originally posted by Eddo211 View Post
      Tuesday, January 4, 2011
      VAN - Anatolia News Agency

      Before kingdom in ancient times

      Centered in eastern Anatolia, the Kingdom of Urartu ruled between the ninth and sixth centuries B.C. until its defeat by Media in the early 6th century B.C. The best monuments of Urartu exist in Van as the city was the capital of the kingdom with the name Tushpa.

      The ancient castle, which has traces of a 3,000-year-old civilization and is composed of five separate sections.......Argishti I was the sixth known king of the ancient kingdom, reigning from 786 B.C. to 764 B.C. As the son and the successor of Menua, he continued a series of conquests initiated by his predecessors. Victorious against the Assyrians, he conquered the northern part of Syria and made Urartu the most powerful state in the post-Hittite Near East.

      http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.p...435-2011-01-03
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        Re: Urartian king's burial chamber opened for first time in E Turkey

        I agree that Urartu is part of our civilization

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          Re: Urartian king's burial chamber opened for first time in E Turkey

          Originally posted by Eddo211 View Post
          Does everyone agree with this history?
          Why wouldn't I?

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            Re: Urartian king's burial chamber opened for first time in E Turkey

            Originally posted by jgk3 View Post
            Why wouldn't I?
            Glad you answered....just want it to make sure that it is correct as far as we know.
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              Re: Urartian king's burial chamber opened for first time in E Turkey

              cool

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