Salvete Omnes,
browsing the vastness of Wiki Commons I cam across some great photos from a museum in Turkey/Turkiye - Van Museum-
these are dioramas showing the ancient inhabitants of the Lake Van region kingdom - the kingdom of Urartu - and the Urartu people, some of the fierce and skilled highlanders (the Armenian Highlands) of Anatolia's ancient and multi-ethnic past.
During the Iron Age the Urartians, on their western edges, became the arch-enemies of the New Assyrian state. Perhaps this article of your interest - the Origin of the Ruling Elites of Urartu. & War and identity in the early history of Urartu.
breeders of fine horses - the Assyrians if victorious in their raids and wars against Urartu always demanded horses as booty and tribute |
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women of Urartu -from Academia |
artefacts -
their chariots
chariots & horsemen etc on their warriors' bronze belts
horse protection
a bronze shield
T. Daryaee - The Fall of Urartu and the Rise of Armenia.
The king Rusa II, his cities and the end of Urartu.
ps
I would like to visit these sites one of these days, perhaps must make a Turkiye trip soon.
Valete
2 comments:
Great stuff from a lesser known army. Many thanks for sharing them with us!
hello Uwe,thank you for commenting. and the Urartu horse and chariot will return to my blog.
cheers
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