ERZİNCAN ALTINTEPE CASTLE

Altıntepe Castle, which was discovered as a result of excavation of a 60-meter hill in northeast of Erzincan Plain. The finds recovered during the first period excavations shed light on Urartu history. After the second excavation in 2003, much more substantial results were obtained. It is understood that the first settlement on this hill belonged to the Bronze Age. The ceramics uncovered in the excavations of the first and second periods prove this. If Istanbul's stone is gold, the soil of Anatolia is also historical. No matter where you go, you are stepping on a millennium year time tunnel. West, east, north, south does not matter; There are traces of different civilizations in each corner of this Bridge of Peoples. And the layer is going back to the past. One of these archaeological finds is in Erzincan. Turkey's east, surrounded by high mountains, efficient Erzincan Plain is located in the northeast section of the volcanic cone, with views of the location, the relevance of Altıntepe attractive. This natural hill, which is 16 kilometers away from the city center and 60 meters above the plain level, was the first time between 1959 and 1968. Dr. He was excavated by Tahsin Özgüç. During these excavations, important architectural remains and small artefacts from the Urartu period were unearthed. The structures of the Urartian period revealed significant contributions to Anatolian archeology and were considered as the only examples of the culture they represented. On the other hand, after the first excavations, the vulnerable fortress was looted by the burials. In 2003, in the castle to resolve these issues. Dr. Excavations and repair work started under the presidency of Mehmet Karaosmanoğlu. In the second part of the excavation and repair works, issues were resolved and substantial results were reached. The first settlement on the hill belongs to the Bronze Age. The ceramics uncovered during the first and second excavations prove this.