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Posted on 01/08/2011 7:43:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Burial chambers of Urartian King Argishti and his family in the western wing of the ancient castle in the eastern province of Van was opened for the first time.
The Anatolia news agency took photographs and video of the burial chambers which were closed to visitors.
Centered around the Lake Van in the eastern Turkey, the Urartian Kingdom ruled from the mid 9th century BC till its defeat by Media in the early 6th century BC. The most splendid monuments of the Urartian Kingdom take place in Van since the city was the capital of the kingdom.
Built on a rocky peak, the castle, one of the most significant samples of the Urartian architecture, was brought to daylight during excavations headed by lecturer Altan Cilingiroglu of the Ege University. The castle draws hundreds of Turkish and foreign visitors each year.
Argishti I was the sixth known king of the ancient kingdom, reigning from 786 BC to 764 BC. As the son and the successor of Menua, he continued the series of conquests initiated by his predecessors. Victorious against Assyria, he conquered the northern part of Syria and made Urartu the most powerful state in the post-Hittite Near East.
His burial chamber in the west wing of the Van Castle is composed of five separate sections. There are Urartian inscriptions on the walls.
(Excerpt) Read more at todayszaman.com ...
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830 a.C. Never heard of a.C. before. What’s that mean?
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“Anno comedy”.
ante Christum
Thank you for all your post of ancient civilizations. There is so much history in this area untold to laymen.Sometimes I wonder if this is because it may contradict with biblical history. If you come accross any good Sumerian history, that would also be interesting.
What was wrong with B.C.?
No, quite the reverse. The Bible is one of the first sources a historian looks at when researching the ancient Middle East. For instance, the Assyrians were entirely lost to history out-side of the Bible until archeologists began finding their cities.
To an extent.Biblical historytells us of Egypt to about 2000 BCE, thats when Abraham was there, but it tell us nothing about the 2-3 thousand years before that.Thats why I mentioned the Sumerians, I understand some of their written history goes back about 8000 years.
History’s a tough sell on a good day; it’s nice to spend time here on FreeRepublic, because there’s so much interest in history of all kinds. Obviously most of us FReepers have a stronger interest in current events, but until something has happened, it can’t *be* a current event, and all of that is just history as soon as it happens. :’) The GGG list numbers 753 names, quite a few really. I have yet to clean up the list a bit, I need to check for goners.
Anyway, many thanks for your kind remarks and your interest! I’m sure there are topics about Sumerians, hmm, try these:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sumeria/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sumerian/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sumerians/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cuneiform/index
The map is in Spanish. "antes de Cristo" = a.C.
Ah, thank you. I did not know that.
There is so much history that is just lost.
When I think about what we lost when the library at Alexandria burned I get physically ill.
what we lost when the library at Alexandria burned ...............................................................................Exactly, information that could have embarassed or contradicted the origins of man. History is written by the victor.
I take it you blame Theophilus?
Unless I miss my guess and he wasn’t buried there, this has to be at least the second time the burieal chamber was opened.
picky picky.
“What was wrong with B.C.?”
It makes Christ the pivot point in human history.
Some people can’t abide that fact, and seek to erase it.
This is exactly the reason that I love GGG. It brings me archeology, anthropology, pre-Biblical history - from cultures and times so distant that they are practically forgotten in the minds of men.
So why there is a definite and strong group of posters who use the Bible as the Ultimate Word on everything, including pre-Christian history, it is also a great thing to know that here at FR there are also people who are open to non-biblical history.
I learn so much from GGG. I had never even *heard* of Urartu. Its location in the Muslim Crescent might make its study completely rejected from a modern political perspective. Yet here this post is!
Bravo, SunkenCiv! Knowledge should know no boundaries, or be eschewed, because of politics. All human history affects us - especially that which we do not know.
Thanks worst-case scenario! Love your profile, I wish I could write that succinctly. I’m sure I’ll still be using hyphens, parentheticals, and my best friend the ellipsis for some time to come. ;’)
Hey, I didn’t know that either. I knew the map was not quite in English, but that’s all I knew. :’) Wish more people had read your reply. :’)
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