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<< Other Photo Pages >> Samran Channel - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Turkey

Submitted by davidmorgan on Sunday, 03 August 2014  Page Views: 2819

Multi-periodSite Name: Samran Channel Alternative Name: Şamran, Menua Canal
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 42.792 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Van
Latitude: 38.352763N  Longitude: 43.211145E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Samran Channel submitted by davidmorgan : A Google Earth map of the channel. I've only found 38km of the total 51km. Its original source is near the village of Gürpınar. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Water Channel in Van Province, Turkey

A 51-kilometre-long water channel constructed by the Urartian king, Menua, in around 800 BCE.
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Channel built by Urartian king to serve Van tourism by davidmorgan on Sunday, 03 August 2014
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Constructed by the Urartian King Menua in the eastern province of Van’s Gürpınar district to carry water to the city center, the Şamran channel is one of the most important surviving pieces of architecture by the Urartian’s. Projects have been made to bring the historical channel in tourism.

3,000 year-old and 51-kilometer-long water channel, which was constructed at the time of the Urartian Kingdom and considered a wonder of engineering, will be used to attract tourism to Van.

Constructed by the Urartian King Menua in the eastern province of Van’s Gürpınar district to carry water to the city center, the Şamran channel is one of the most important surviving pieces of architecture by the Urartian Kingdom. The Yüzüncü Yıl University (YYÜ) Archaeology Department Associate Professor Rafet Çavuşoğlu said some of the large rocks in the area were carved up and used to build the channel and that agriculture had developed in the region thanks to the water carried by the channel.

He said that Urartian documents used to call the channel “Menua,” but the name eventually changed to Şaman, adding: “Armenian historian Movses mentions that the name Şamzran is after the Assyrian queen Semiramis.” According to Çavuşoğlu’s research, after the Urartian cuneiform was deciphered, the water channel was built by the Urartian King Menua in order to irrigate the Van plains. “After the Urartians, the queen Semiramis rebuilt the channel with her 42,000 workers, according to resources,” he said, adding that the Urartian king Menua’s wife Tariri had a garden in today’s Edremit’s “Green Valley,” which was watered by the Şamran channel.

Çavuşoğlu said that the YYÜ had prepared a project that would enable the channel to serve tourism by using the road that runs alongside the water channel for bicycle tours and various other activities.

“The works from the Urartian era have historical importance. This channel should be used for tourism and we have put forward a proposal. The road that runs alongside the channel can be reorganized and used as an area for bicycle competitions or other activities. In this way, it will contribute greatly to the city’s [tourism],” Çavuşoğlu said.

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