900 BCE – 600 BCE · 2 sites
Continent Record
Oldest Fortress in Asia
900 BCE – 600 BCE
The royal capital of the Urartian Kingdom, a massive rock fortress rising above the shores of Lake Van, preserving cuneiform inscriptions, rock chambers, and canals built by kings who rivaled the Assyrian Empire.
764 BCE – 600 BCE
A monumental Urartian citadel fortress built by King Sarduri II in the 8th century BCE, overlooking the Van plain — eastern Turkey's most impressive Iron Age archaeological site.
