Archaeologists say the Urartians failed to overcome harsh winter conditions

Turkish Daily News ^ | Friday, March 3, 2006 | Dogan Daily News

[SunkenCiv]

The Urartians established a kingdom around Lake Van in eastern Anatolia but failed to deal with severe winter conditions, especially snow, in an effective way, said Professor Veli Sevin on Wednesday, according to archaeological findings...

Urartu was an ancient kingdom in eastern Anatolia centered in the mountainous region around Lake Van that existed from about 1,000 B.C. until 585 B.C. It stretched from northern Mesopotamia through the southern Caucasus, including parts of present-day Armenia up to Lake Sevan.

The name Urartu is actually Assyrian, a dialect of Akkadian, and was given to the kingdom by its chief rivals to the south. It may have simply meant "mountain country." The capital city of the Urartu kingdom was Tuflpa, near Lake Van.

The Urartians, who had to adjust to harsh natural conditions, were successful in agriculture and animal husbandry.

Their temples and palaces, with multicolored reception halls, mark the contribution of Urartu to the history of architecture. Another important feature of Urartian art is their wall paintings, which combine bright-colored geometric and plant motifs with various animal scenes. Decorated bronze panels, belts, helmets, shields and cauldrons also held an important place in Urartian art.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 03/03/2006. Ping message update, reping.

[Larry Lucido]

Well, yeah. There was no Gore-Tex yet.

Didn't they have any sable around?

[SaveFerris]

A few of those coats would have helped.

But then, Saddam Hussein double-parked.

[wildbill]

Urartians were aliens from Uranus. Not much is left of their culture except the phrase “colder than a Urartians Ass”

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 03/03/2006, thanks me. ;^)

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[SunkenCiv]

(two years later)

LOL!