Teishebaini (Yerevan)
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Karmir Blur - Red Hill
KARMIR BLUR EXCAVATION
Where to start excavations from? This was the question that scientists visiting Karmir Blur (the site where ancient Yerevan started from, meaning "Red Hill") faced in the summer of 1939 attracted by cuneiform inscription "Rusa son of Argishti..." While scientists were pondering over further actions, the Mother Nature came to the rescue. Pouring rains washed clean the map or, more precisely, the layout of the fortress. It's clear now where the excavation should have launched from and were what directed to have moved. The first strikes of spades unearthed thick walls and mighty fences of the fortress and long and short arrows. It became clear that the city was ruined during an incursion. It was the city of Teyshebani, named after the Urartian war god. It was built by Rusa II providing it with irrigation water system and inhabiting Urartians where they lived up to the collapse of the Urartian Kingdom in 6th century B.C.
The houses found during the excavation were built of row bricks and the walls of the city of 3.5-4 cm thick limestone. The fortress is surrounded by huge walls and towers with marble sculptures of horsemen and soldiers that even today testify to the might of Urartians.
Archeologists found 97 goblets, 11 bronze shields, ornamented armors and other bronze items. All findings are kept at the Yerevan History Museum except for 20 goblets and a bull statue that rest at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
The famous HLO magazine informs about this in its last issue.
* By Elsa Hovhannisian
www.portal.am/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=755&PID=17558
KARMIR BLUR EXCAVATION
Where to start excavations from? This was the question that scientists visiting Karmir Blur (the site where ancient Yerevan started from, meaning "Red Hill") faced in the summer of 1939 attracted by cuneiform inscription "Rusa son of Argishti..." While scientists were pondering over further actions, the Mother Nature came to the rescue. Pouring rains washed clean the map or, more precisely, the layout of the fortress. It's clear now where the excavation should have launched from and were what directed to have moved. The first strikes of spades unearthed thick walls and mighty fences of the fortress and long and short arrows. It became clear that the city was ruined during an incursion. It was the city of Teyshebani, named after the Urartian war god. It was built by Rusa II providing it with irrigation water system and inhabiting Urartians where they lived up to the collapse of the Urartian Kingdom in 6th century B.C.
The houses found during the excavation were built of row bricks and the walls of the city of 3.5-4 cm thick limestone. The fortress is surrounded by huge walls and towers with marble sculptures of horsemen and soldiers that even today testify to the might of Urartians.
Archeologists found 97 goblets, 11 bronze shields, ornamented armors and other bronze items. All findings are kept at the Yerevan History Museum except for 20 goblets and a bull statue that rest at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
The famous HLO magazine informs about this in its last issue.
* By Elsa Hovhannisian
www.portal.am/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=755&PID=17558
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teishebaini
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°9'12"N 44°27'9"E
- Dzoghkert / Menuakhinili 30 km
- Surb Hakob of Akori - Armenian monastery & cemetery 43 km
- Arshakavan 50 km
- Territory of Azerbaijan controlled by Armenia 56 km
- Old Yervandashat 69 km
- Mren 69 km
- Old Bagaran 70 km
- Ruins of Ani 85 km
- Ancient City of Ercis 163 km
- Adır (Lim) Island 172 km
- Verin Charbakh 0.8 km
- Araratian Neighborhood 2.1 km
- Zoravar Andranik neighborhood 2.3 km
- Shengavit District 2.5 km
- Shengavit neighbourhood 2.8 km
- Malatia-Sebastia District 3.1 km
- Dalma gardens 3.2 km
- Haghtanak Neighborhood 4.5 km
- Masis district 8.9 km
- Ararat valley 28 km