Near Patnos, north of Lake Van, Anzavur Tepe yielded massive 20+ ton obelisks, some of the first obelisk features ever found outside Egypt. These stones were held at a military base for 25+ years while the Van Museum spent over a decade petitioning for their return. Roughly 95% of the site's original stonework has vanished, yet the temple's andesite blocks beneath Urartian adobe match those at Toprakkale.
Anzavur Tepe yielded 20-ton obelisks now housed in Van Museum
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- Located in Patnos, north of Lake Van
- Found massive obelisk features, each over 20 tons, among the first obelisk features discovered outside of Egypt
- Obelisks were held at a military base for over 25 years before the Van Museum petitioned for over 10 years to retrieve them
- Approximately 95% of the stonework at the site has been removed/disappeared
- Site features andesite stonework matching Toprakkale beneath Urartian adobe mudbrick
Sources
Mapping Ancient Urartustorymaps.arcgis.com
Welcome to "Mapping Ancient Urartu: An Interactive History of Urartian Archaeology and Decipherment." This storymap was produced in ...
A New Urartian Inscription of Argišti I from Aznavurtepe ...academia.edu
This paper presents a new Urartian inscription attributed to King Argišti I, discovered at the Aznavurtepe fortress near Patnos.
Uratian Stelae Uncovered in Patnos | Mayıs 2007, Cilt 71belleten.gov.tr
One of these settlements is Kot Tepe, which is most likely known as "Aznavurtepe" or "Anzavurtepe". Nowadays, the southern part of Kot Tepe lies within the ...
Anzavurtepede.wikipedia.org
Anzavurtepe (auch: Aznavurtepe) war eine urartäische Festung in der Ebene von Ağri in der Osttürkei (Provinz Ağrı) direkt neben der Kleinstadt Patnos.
Aznavurtepe - Aludiriurartianmonuments.com
Aznavurtepe is a Urartian fortress located in the northeast of the fertile Patnos Plain. Urratian name of the settlement is thought to be Aludiri.
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