and the researchers believe that the level was far lower at the height of the Urartian society than it is today, slowly rising over time to cover parts of the city.
Are there researchers who believe that the lake level did not vary and that the people who built this castle did so underwater?
Earlier this year they announced the discovery of a Russian ship believed to have sunk in 1948.
Must be due to Global Warming. The lake waters rose faster than the vessel could compensate...
This was a capital of an ancient kingdom, from the days of Solomon.
Washington DC is built on an old swamp.
Seems governments like that kind of land...................
It appears these folks knew more about buoyancy than you and I put together ever will.
No, but they might have suspected that the land the castle was built on, later subsided.
LoL
I don’t understand your problem with the excerpt regarding the sunken Russian ship?
The lake is at 5300 ft elevation and has no inlet or outlet (it fills from runoff from surrounding mountains).
How did a Russian ship get there? Why?
>> Are there researchers who believe that the lake level did not vary and that the people who built this castle did so underwater? <<
There are other explanations, including subsidence, where the land immediately around the castle sinks. This happens in Venice, Amsterdam, New Orleans, etc. Given the size and remarkable condition, transference seems unlikely: that would mean that the castle was built on dry land, but somehow slid into the water. And of course, there’s lots of lighthouses slowly fading into the sea as the ground around them erodes. Again: not plausible here, given the condition of the castle, but then that’s the point of the article.