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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:29 PM Nov 2020

A MYSTERIOUS 3,000-YEAR-OLD CASTLE HAS BEEN FOUND UNDER A LAKE IN TURKEY

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A story describing the ruins of an ancient castle buried underneath the picturesque waters of Lake Van, Turkey, has been proclaimed entirely real.

The preserved ruins of a castle dating back more than 3,000 years to the Iron Age under the civilisation of Urartu have been found by archaeologists from Van Yüzüncü Yıl University.

Tahsin Ceylan, head of the dive team, told the Turkish Daily Saba that “There was a report that there was something under the water but most archaeologists and museum officials told us that we’re not going to find it.” Instead, Ceylan and his team ended up uncovering a massive fortress spanning a kilometre over the lakebed.



The 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortification have been discovered at the bottom of Turkey’s largest lake. Divers exploring Lake Van discovered the incredibly well-preserved wall of a castle, thought to have been built by the Urartu civilization

“Since the water of Lake Van is alkaline, the castle has not been damaged and has kept its characteristics underwater,” Ceyland added to the Hurriyet Daily News, referencing Van’s distinction as the largest sodium lake in the world.

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Lake Van, in Turkey
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A MYSTERIOUS 3,000-YEAR-OLD CASTLE HAS BEEN FOUND UNDER A LAKE IN TURKEY (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2020 OP
Les Revenants (if you ever saw it, you'll know) soothsayer Nov 2020 #1
2020 - Like the prehistoric frozen worms exboyfil Nov 2020 #2
Very fascinating! dchill Nov 2020 #3
Amazing. I love reading your archeological posts. SharonClark Nov 2020 #4
Fascinating, not only for the history of wnylib Nov 2020 #5

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
2. 2020 - Like the prehistoric frozen worms
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:32 PM
Nov 2020

Leave it the heck alone. Haven't you seen Raiders or The Mummy?

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
5. Fascinating, not only for the history of
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 11:57 PM
Nov 2020

a lost human culture, but also for what the article calls an 800,000 year old record of earth history from the deposits due to repeated climate changes and rising and lowering sea levels at Lake Van.

Until now, I only knew it as the region of origin for the Van breed of cat. Thanks, Judi.

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