Erebuni Fortress is an Urartian castle in Yerevan, Armenia. Urartu ( Assyrian: Urarṭu Urartian: Biainili Ուրարտու was an Iron Age kingdom in Eastern Anatolia ( Transcaucasia) rising Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani It was built by king Argišti in 782 BC as a military base. Argishtis I ( Urartian: Argištiše, Արգիշտի Argishti was the sixth known king of the ancient country of Urartu (in eastern Anatolia Events and trends 783 BC — Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.
The site has been excavated by Russian and Armenian Archaeologists since 1947. [1]
See also
References
- ^ The Cambridge Ancient History - Page 346 by I. The Fortress of Van also known as Van Citadel is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu, overlooking E. S. Edwards, John Boardman
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