“Lost Treasures Beneath the Waves: What Secrets Lurk in Turkey’s Enigmatic Ancient Lake?”
An Ancient Kingdom
Maps from the 9th century look a lot different from today’s maps. Here you can see that Lake Van was once very close to Tushpa, the capital of Urartu. During the Iron Age, Urartu was a thriving kingdom.
The kingdom was active from 860-560 BC— at least, that’s what legend tells us. However, there has been no physical evidence of this kingdom ever existing. No evidence that is, until now.
A New Expedition
In 2017, a group of archaeologists, historians, and photographers traveled to Lake Van based on a hunch that they might discover something amazing. They had heard stories about an ancient kingdom and the structures they may have left behind. But they had no idea whether those stories were true or not.
The curious team thought that it couldn’t hurt to do some exploring. If they didn’t find any artifacts, at least they might learn something new about the lake.
A Prior Mission
This lake had been around for hundreds of thousands of years, so the explorers and researchers thought that there had to be something lurking in its depths. They planned to spend weeks looking for proof of this ancient kingdom.
In the 1950s and ’60s, researchers had gone on a similar mission. And when they did, they found something pretty interesting… Keep reading to find out more about what they discovered.
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