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Judi Lynn

(160,448 posts) Sun Apr 8, 2018, 11:42 PM Apr 2018

A Mysterious 3,000-Year-Old Castle Has Been Found Under a Lake in Turkey

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A Mysterious 3,000-Year-Old Castle Has Been Found Under a Lake in Turkey
Sometimes legends are true.

MICHELLE STARR 7 APR 2018

Sunken cities are typically the stuff of legend, but at the end of last year archaeologists found the real thing hiding deep within Lake Van in Turkey.

After a decade of searching the Middle East's second largest lake, the home of a lost kingdom has been found hundreds of metres beneath the surface.

Archaeologists from the Van Yüzüncü Yıl University announced the incredible discovery in November 2017 - a vast 3,000-year-old castle preserved deep within the lake in amazing condition. The researchers worked closely with an independent team of divers to find their prize.

Lost underwater cities and castles are a popular motif in folklore and local legend around the world. Indeed, so are stories of ancient lost monsters hiding in deep lakes.

More:
https://www.sciencealert.com/lake-van-turkey-3-000-year-old-sunken-castle-discovered-urartu

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A Mysterious 3,000-Year-Old Castle Has Been Found Under a Lake in Turkey (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2018 OP

There's interesting stuff all over Turkey. And the food is good too. comradebillyboy Apr 2018 #1

Turkey is not a good place to travel to right now PJMcK Apr 2018 #3

Turks are in a great deal more danger in Turkey than foreigners are. Nitram Apr 2018 #8

K&R Puzzler Apr 2018 #2

k and r niyad Apr 2018 #4

"When I said I wanted a castle near the shore . . . tclambert Apr 2018 #5

When I first came here, this was all swamp. yesphan Apr 2018 #6

"Honey, I think the moat is too deep." tclambert Apr 2018 #7

Is it anywhere near the Atlantic Ocean? rocktivity Apr 2018 #9

comradebillyboy

(10,128 posts)

1. There's interesting stuff all over Turkey. And the food is good too.

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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 01:31 AM

Apr 2018

PJMcK

(21,988 posts)

3. Turkey is not a good place to travel to right now

Reply to comradebillyboy (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 08:25 AM

Apr 2018

The political and social unrest are so unstable that even my Turkish friends don't want to go home. They're afraid.

Nitram

(22,755 posts)

8. Turks are in a great deal more danger in Turkey than foreigners are.

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 10, 2018, 11:07 AM

Apr 2018

If you are suspected of being a supporter of Fethullah Gulen, then you are immediately detained indefinitely without trail.

Puzzler

(2,505 posts)

2. K&R

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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 02:09 AM

Apr 2018

-Puzzler

niyad

(113,029 posts)

4. k and r

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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 02:32 PM

Apr 2018

tclambert

(11,084 posts)

5. "When I said I wanted a castle near the shore . . .

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2018, 02:35 PM

Apr 2018

I meant on the DRY side!"

Contractor: "Oh, I must've read the blueprints backwards."

yesphan

(1,587 posts)

6. When I first came here, this was all swamp.

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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 03:00 PM

Apr 2018

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. And that one sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that’s what you’re going to get, Son, the strongest castle. in all of ....................