While the excavations at Çavuştepe Castle in Van’s Gürpınar district continue, the walls of the Urartians are being rebuilt with restoration.
The secrets of history are being solved one by one, with the excavations initiated in the Çavuştepe Castle, which was built by the Urartian King Sarduri II, and the necropolis in its northern part. Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Letters, Head of Archeology Department Prof. Dr. Excavations are continuing at full speed with a team of 25 people consisting of anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians, urban planners and restorers under the chairmanship of Rafet Çavuşoğlu.
Excavations continued uninterruptedly in the area where the skeletons of men and women, which were determined to be 2,777 years old, and the skeleton of a 3-year-old child with a dragon-headed bracelet on the biceps, and the tomb thought to belong to the Urartian ruler buried with his cattle, dog, sheep and 4 horses last year. On the other hand, the walls of the castle belonging to the Urartian kingdom began to be rebuilt.
Stating that the excavations at Çavuştepe Castle started on August 2 this year, Prof. Dr. Rafet Çavuşoğlu said, “We continue excavations in the castle and necropolis area within the framework of the permissions given by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.”
Çavuşoğlu said, “The works in the castle were mostly carried out from 1961 to 1986, said Çavuşoğlu. Likewise, this year, we will continue to work on the conservation of the inner walls, which continue from the north of the warehouse buildings to the east.” (Ntv)
