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The Van Kingdom: Urartu, Waterworks, and a Lost Empire
Long before Armenia was Armenia, the Kingdom of Urartu ruled the highlands around Lake Van. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the forgotten empire that built irrigation canals still in use today, forged iron weapons that rivaled Assyria, and left behind cuneiform inscriptions that puzzle archaeologists. We walk the ruins of Tushpa, the capital carved into a limestone cliff, and trace the rise of kings Argishti I and Sarduri II. We uncover Urartu's masterful water engineering — tunnels and aqueducts that transformed a volcanic landscape into fertile farmland. And we consider the…
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