2,700-Year-Old Bronze Shields and Helmet Dedicated to Chief God Haldi
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p dir="ltr" lang="tr" xml:lang="tr" xml:lang="tr">Türkiye’nin dört bir yan?nda gerçekle?tirilen ve sürelerini 12 aya ç?kard???m?z kaz? çal??malar?nda her geçen gün yeni bir nadide eser gün
??na kavu?uyor.</p>
<p>Anadolu tarihinin kadim uygarl?klar?ndan <a href="
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Urartu?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#Urartu[/url] Krall???’n?n son büyük kenti olan ve günümüzden 2 bin 700 y?l… <a href="
https://t.co/26ON2wSlPN" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/26ON2wSlPN[/url]</p>
<p>— Mehmet Nuri Ersoy (@MehmetNuriErsoy) <a href="
https://twitter.com/MehmetNuriErsoy/status/1832296164458156172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">September 7, 2024[/url]</p>
<script async="" src="
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<p>The announcement was made by Türkiye's Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, via his official social media account on <a href="
https://x.com/MehmetNuriErsoy/status/1832296164458156172" rel="nofollow">X[/url]. Since 1989, archaeological excavations have been ongoing at the site, making Ayanis Castle the last major Urartian fortress to be explored.</p>
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