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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sardurihinili - Ancient Palace in Turkey

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DigsSite Name: Sardurihinili Alternative Name: Çavuştepe
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 0.419 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Town: Van
Latitude: 38.351888N  Longitude: 43.456948E
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Sardurihinili submitted by Jansold : Royal citadel of King Sardur II. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The remains of a Urartian royal palace and castle in Van Province, Turkey. Built between 764 and 735 BCE by the Urartian King Sardur II.

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2,800-year-old Urartian sewage system unearthed in Van by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 28 September 2016
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An ancient Urartian sewage system, which was first discovered during excavations in 2004 in the Çavuştepe Castle in the eastern province of Van, has been unearthed.

This year’s works in the castle in the Gürpınar district of Van recently came to an end, after unearthing ancient vineyards, walls, cisterns, temples and palace structures.

The 2,800-year-old sewage system, which was discovered in the castle in 2004, was finally unearthed under the structures in the western part of the castle. The sewage is one meter in width and 30 meters in length and covered with fine stones.

The head of the Culture and Tourism Ministry-supported excavations, Rafet Çavuşoğlu, an associate professor in the Archaeology Department of Yüzüncü Yıl University, said the Çavustepe Castle was particularly important in history because it was once located on a major trading route.

“The Urartians thought carefully about what to build and where. They did everything in line with a project. When establishing this city 2,800 years ago, the Urartians made an urban plan and built structures according to infrastructure. This is very important to us. We found an engineering marvel here,” Çavuşoğlu said.
He added that the sewage system was built with stone and inside was a gutter through which water flowed.

“This work defines civilization to us. It shows how ancient civilization was developed. There is also a toilet in the palace section. The toilet water flows outside through the sewage system, which reveals that the Urartians were a very civilized society,” Çavuşoğlu said.

“During the construction of houses today, an excellent system is planned with schools, hospitals, mosques and infrastructure. Urartians did the same 2,800 years ago,” he added.

The city established around the castle was nearly one kilometer in diameter and surrounded by protective walls, according to the excavations head.

“Measures were taken against the danger of enemies. Large dikes were opened up on both the eastern and western sides. They made their defense system in this way,” Çavuşoğlu stated.

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Van local one of 38 people speaking Urartian by davidmorgan on Saturday, 17 May 2014
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Mehmet Kuşman, 74, is one of the 38 people in the world who can speak, write and read the Urartian language.

Kuşman has served for 40 years as the watchman of Çavuştepe Castle, an Urartian castle in the eastern province of Van’s Gürpınar district. He still voluntarily keeps watch on the castle. He gives information about the castle and the Urartians to visitors.

Kuşman was given a residence permit from the U.S. to teach the Urartian there and has also received proposals from Japan, but did not accept these proposals because could not leave the castle, to which he is loyal.

Kuşman learned the Urartian language himself while keeping watch at the Çavuştepe Castle. He has also taught the language to his son. Academics are interested in Kuşman, who has participated in many seminars in Turkey and around the world. He thinks universities should have an Urartulogy department to keep the language alive, similar to the Sumerology and Hititology departments. “I am the youngest among the people who speak this language. This language should be taught to young people and kept alive,” he said.

Kuşman met with the Urartian language when he began working for the Van Museum more than 40 years ago. Later on, he was appointed to the Çavuştepe Castle to deal with excavation teams and tourists visiting the castle. His interest in the Urartian language started then, he says, and continues:
“Tourists did not come there in the past. An inscription was found during excavations. The academic tried to understand it, but he couldn’t because it was not his field of study. Then another academic named Emin Bilgiç came and he solved it. A year later, Professor Afif Erzen from the Istanbul University Faculty of Literature came here. Again some inscriptions were found. The professor was saying ‘how can I read it now?’ I asked him if I could learn it. But he became angry with me. His assistant said ‘there are no visitors, no tourists, you have time; you can learn it. You can find Urartian inscriptions wherever you are.’ He encouraged me and I collected inscriptions. I matched the letters of the names of kings, queens, castles and gods side by side. It came out to be 64 letters and I solved the Urartian writing.”

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