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Posted on 10/01/2022 9:33:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Located in the eastern province of Van in Turkey, the falling water level of Lake Van, with the decrease in precipitation and excessive evaporation caused by the increase in temperature, revealed the 11-step harbor at the bottom of the Urartu period castle...
Due to the decrease in the lake level, the 11-step port of that period became visible in the coastal part of the castle, which was used by the Urartians for sea transportation, in the district where many structures and boats previously emerged.
Experts examined the area, which was opened in the bedrock with a width of 3 meters and which is considered to have been used by boats and ships to transport materials to the castle during the Urartian period.
...the port in question is located on the outskirts of the registered castle called “Beylerin Castle” on the shores of Erciş district.
Stating that this place was used as a Port Castle during the Urartu period, Çavuşoğlu stated that a port consisting of 11 steps with a width of 3 meters was built so that ships could dock comfortably on the bedrock at a height of approximately 20 meters at the junction of the lake...
Stating that this is the first time they have encountered such a structure, Çavuşoğlu said that the natural coves acted as harbors for the Urartians, but that no remains of these structures have been found so far.
(Excerpt) Read more at arkeonews.net ...
Very cool!
Fred Flintstone caused the last climate change.
Gee, and they didn’t have taxes or Greta to stop that climate change back then, eh?
So the lake was lower before it rose then back down again?
I blame all those horse drawn chariots!
Does one berth make a port?
That could work on a placid lake but no bueno for the sea.
Oh that is really cool to look at!
Oh, so you mean the water level of all lakes, bays, seas, and oceans has not been fixed since the creation of Earth until 1970?
But that would mean the water level was lower in the past so they could MAKE the steps, wouldn’t it?
Yeah. The Urartians lived in a river down by The Van.
That’s Funny!
The steps could be carved during low tide, so that a little getaway berth would indeed work on the sea. But yeah, it’s a port. Ancient seafarers crossed the seas (and oceans) aboard watercraft I wouldn’t use to cross a creek. ;^)
The Urartians left cultural traces all over the region. By contrast, the Meerations did not, as they were victims of cannibalism.
So UART ports have been around for 2500 years?
Oh. Never mind.
🙄😆.
Then the Dark Age cooling period (AD 300 - 900) lowered the sea levels more (cooler than the Greek Dark Age) only for sea levels to rise back up some with the Medieval Warm Period (AD 900-1300), but again not as high as the Roman Warm Period.
Then the Little Ice Age (AD 1300-1800's) lowered the sea levels a lot more until the Modern Warm Period rose the sea levels back up some (probably not as much as was in the Medieval Warm Period, but we're not sure).
You can see it graphically here. The numbers at the bottom are in thousands of years ago. So the hump above the 2 is 2,000 years ago (Roman Warm Period), etc. 
Very interesting. Water goes up, caste goes down.
Nature laughs at us Puny humans!
So, the level of the lake used to be much LOWER than it was in modern times. Things ebb and flow.
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