A human skeleton has been discovered during excavations carried out in the northwestern district of the city of Van with the permission of Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This was reported by Ermenihaber.am.
Turkish archaeologists from Istanbul University took part in the excavations. According to them, the skeleton of a woman, which was without a skull, is 2,700 years old.
The work was carried out in the area where Tushpa, the capital of Urartu, once existed.
Similar work has been taking place in the Van area for years.
In 2017, a fortress with a history of 3,000 years was discovered at the bottom of Lake Van. According to Turkish experts, that fortress also belonged to the Urartian period.
Let us recall that the Armenian Kingdom of Van existed in the 9th–6th centuries BC.
