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2,800 year-old Urartian stele discovered in Turkey's eastern Van

A 2,800-year-old stele from the ancient Urartu civilization which had been missing for the past 120 years has been found in Turkey's Eastern Van province, reports said Tuesday. AA PhotoDiscovered by German archaeologists during excavations in 1891, the stele belonged to Urartian King Minua (810-780 BC), Anadolu Agency reported. Professor Bilcan Gökçe from Van Yüzüncü Yıl University's Archaeology Department had launched excavations to...

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