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Submitted by AlexHunger on Thursday, 13 January 2011  Page Views: 12856

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Rusahinili Alternative Name: Toprakkale
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 2.76 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Van  Nearest Village: Toprakkale
Latitude: 38.521396N  Longitude: 43.401970E
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
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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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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Rusahinili
Rusahinili submitted by AlexHunger : Offering altar of the God Haldi from Toprakkale, and the Urartu Culture in the 7th century BCE, in the Istanbul Museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Fortress built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu near the city of Van in southeastern Turkey. Urartu was often called The Kingdom of Ararat on account of the Biblical mount Ararat being nearby.

The kingdom of Urartu was named Biainili by its inhabitants and was an ancient kingdom in eastern Anatolia, centered in the mountainous region around Lake Van, which existed from about 1000 BCE until 585 BCE. The Kingdom largely consisted of three tribal groups living within its territory: Nairi, Hay and Armen, which were closely related to one another. In the beginning of the 6th century BCE, the Urartian Kingdom was constrained from Assyria in the south and nomad attacks from the north. Although weakened by incursions, the south-eastern parts, where the Hays lived, remained unmolested. The Hay took over the rule of that part of Urartu’s territory. On account of the Armen people, the area was often confused with Armenia since the Roman Empire.

Archaeological sites within its boundaries include Altıntepe, Toprakkale, Patnos and Sardurihinili. Urartian fortresses are found in Van, Armavir, Erebuni (Yerevan in Armenia), Anzaf, Kayalidere and Başkale, as well as Argishtiqinili, Teishebaini (Karmir Blur), Erebuni and others. Archaeological excavations have been done at the site by teams from Germany, the United Kingdom, and other countries. Waldemar Belck visited the area in 1891, discovering the Rusa II stele on a mountain near Lake Keşiş/Keschisch Gol 23 Km to the east in 1891 which was taken along with many other artefacts to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The stele reports of the building of a dam and or irrigation system.
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Rusahinili
Rusahinili submitted by AlexHunger : Stele of King Rusa II (ca 685-645 BCE) of the Kingdom of Urartu. The stele commemorates the building of a dam / irrigation system 23 Km to the east and the building of a small palace. Archaeologist Waldemar Belck visited the area in 1891, discovering the Rusa II stele on a mountain near Lake Keşiş or Keschisch Gol 23 Km to the east which was taken along with many other artefacts to the Pergamon... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Rusahinili by Anonymous on Thursday, 04 September 2014
Dear Alex,

You wrote "the area was often confused with Armenia since the Roman Empire".
It is actually very confusing since the "area " you are mentioning is nothing less than the heart of Armenian plateau, and they call themselves "hay".

So unless you can provide some elements - even a beginning of explanation - supporting your revolutionary theory, I suggest we stick to the traditional well established and widely accepted point of view that Urartu and Armenia are closely linked. From wiki " Darius I the Great, in his famous Behistun Inscription, calls the region Armina/Armenia in Old Persian and Urashtu/Urartu in Babylonian, clearly equating the two, suggesting that both are somewhat part of a same continuous entity. As the Armenian identity developed in the region, the memory of Urartu faded and finally disappeared"
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