2,800-year-old “burial jars” unearthed in Turkey’s Van provinceOctober 27, 2015 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nearly 40 archaeological experts at an excavation site in Turkey's eastern Van province have uncovered 2,800-year-old pithoi, large ceramic storage containers. The latter have reportedly been used as tombs during the reign of the Urartian Kingdom, which centered around Lake Van established in 860 BC, Daily Sabah reports. The archeology team from Istanbul University has been carrying out excavations in the region every year for the past five years to unearth artefacts from the Urartian Kingdom, which ruled the area until its defeat by the Medes in 590 BC. Unearthed by an archaeology team, the pithos tombs, used as burial chambers at the time, give clues about some of the customs of the kingdom. Just 38km from Van excavation work is also taking place at Urartu Castle. This year parts of the walls were discovered. Head of Excavation Doc. Dr. Mehmet Isikli, told Hurriyet Daily News: “This made us very excited, as even though these walls witnessed great earthquakes, their architecture remained quite robust and unchanged.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |