Our first visit will be to Cavustepe, an Urartian citadel complex dated back to 8th c. The 16th c. Hosap Castle will make us feel like we are in a sci-fi movie. A lake-side lunch will be followed by a cruise to the Akthamar Island, ...
After the fall of the Araratian kingdom (Urartu), Tigran the Great's kingdom was perhaps the only Armenian state that was not dependent on a larger power for survival; and it only lasted several decades. So, if gaining independence was ...
In 705 BC, Sargon fell in a campaign against the Cimmerians, who were later to destroy the kingdoms of Urartu and Phrygia before moving even further west. Sargon was followed by his son Sennacherib (Sin-ahhe-eriba, 704 BC-681 BC). ...
