The forgotten old castle remains 3000 years ago is found in the lake of Turkey



After being built about 3000 years ago, the traces of the old castle that remained sunk in the lake where the water level rose were the largest lake in Turkey,Lake VanIt was discovered at the bottom of the lake.

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Initially composed of researchers, diving personnel, underwater photographers and other staff Initially, a mysterious creature said to live in Lake Van located in eastern Turkey "JanoI was doing the investigation of. According to Mr. Tafsin Juran of Yuzunju Yul University of Turkey who led the team, "There was a rumor that something is lurking inside the lake, but archaeologists and museum staff said" I can not find anything I was told that it was said. " However, as a result, although the discovery of Jano was not reached, the team has reached a major discovery of an unknown old castle site.

The length of stone wall of old castle is about 1 km, height is about 3 ~ 4 m. Fortunately, it seems that the preservation state of the ruins was good as the water quality of Lake Van, a salt lake, was alkaline.


From the stone walls stacked with stones cut, the castle was built in this area during the iron ageKingdom of UrartuIt is considered to be the era of. It is known that the water surface of Lake Van is repeating up and down for a long time, and it seems that the place where this castle was once was land. Several civilizations are prospering in this area, according to Mr. Jylan "The ancient people called this lake" upper sea "(the sea of ​​the land) and it has been thought that it has many mysterious mysteries With this in mind, we have been doing work to unravel "the mystery of the lake."

The team is doing a number of discoveries besides the castle ruins. One of them is the discovery that a type of limestone stalactite "stalagmite" is distributed within the range of 4 square kilometers. In addition, a cemetery site about 1000 years ago and a Russian warship which was supposed to have sunk in 1948 have also been discovered.


"It is a miraculous thing to find this castle at the bottom of the lake, where archaeologists visit and investigate the history of the castle will bring many discoveries," he said. It is believed that more ruins are left under sediments at the bottom of the lake, and it will be unveiled what kind of civilization that actually built this castle by proceeding with their research It may be.

You can see the actual movie taken under water in the following movie.

Underwater Fortress Discovered Under Turkish Lake | National Geographic - YouTube

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