Urartu Fortress Site, Van, Turkey Tušpa; Topra Kaleh; Toprakkale; Urartu Kalesi Unknown Fortresses Citadels Lost cities Ruined cities Archaeological sites This ancient civilization of Urartu centered about Lake Van and flourished from the 9th to the 6th century B.C.. It extended from Lake Urmia in the east to North Syria in the west. During its three hundred years of existence, the Urartian Empire was a formidable power. They built the imposing 9th-century B.C. citadel to overlook the new and the old parts of their capital town. Steps carved in the rock lead to the Urartian fortress; halfway up, inscriptions in cuneiform pay homage to Xerxes. Within the fortress are several Urartian royal rock tombs. 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2010 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Van Citadel Van, Vasburakan region, Turkey 764-735 BCE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Urartu Fortress Site, Van, Turkey
Tušpa; Topra Kaleh; Toprakkale; Urartu Kalesi
Unknown
Fortresses
Citadels
Lost cities
Ruined cities
Archaeological sites
This ancient civilization of Urartu centered about Lake Van and flourished from the 9th to the 6th century B.C.. It extended from Lake Urmia in the east to North Syria in the west. During its three hundred years of existence, the Urartian Empire was a formidable power. They built the imposing 9th-century B.C. citadel to overlook the new and the old parts of their capital town. Steps carved in the rock lead to the Urartian fortress; halfway up, inscriptions in cuneiform pay homage to Xerxes. Within the fortress are several Urartian royal rock tombs.
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2010
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Van Citadel
Van, Vasburakan region, Turkey
764-735 BCE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council