Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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Urartu belt. Urartu metalworkers were extremely skilled.
monumental side facing the southern cliff. To the side where the grave is,
a high sitting lounge is also found. The rock stairs rising starting from the
platform lead to the entrance gate. The main hall has an arched ceiling and
is connected with four grave chambers. In the chambers to the north, large
niches are found, which are for placing the sarcophagi (made of cooked
earth) for the royal family members. The construction of the chamber to the
east of the hall remained unfinished. The grave of Sarduri I was wrongly
identified as the Menua Grave in older sources.
Graves of Ishpuini and Menua lead to the large platform and the entrance
faces the east. The first one of these graves belongs to Ishpuini-son of
Sarduri-who was on the Urartu throne between 830 and 810 BC. The
ceiling of the main hall is arched and the hall leads to two grave chambers.
The second hall belongs to Menua with whom Ishpuini shared his throne.
The hall seemingly leads to three grave chambers. To the east of the Inner
Castle, after the eastern trench, the grave chamber of Sarduri II is found.
The grave has a monumental platform and presents an impressive outlook
together with the stairs leading down and with its sitting lounge. This grave
is made up of the main hall and three grave chambers which lead into it. To
the east of this grave, there are two gradual platforms which are thought to