Divers discover a 3,000-year-old castle underwater in a Turkish lake
Diving team thinks the castle was part of the Kingdom of Urartu and is about 3,000 years old
By Kevin Loria
You never know what’s lurking under the water until you look.
In the depths of Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey, a group of divers just discovered a lost castle.
The underwater fortress is approximately 3,000 years old, according to Turkish publications.
Photographer Tahsin Ceylan, who headed up the diving team, and told the Daily Sabah that local rumours suggested ruins could be found beneath the surface of the lake, which located in the far east of the country. But archaeologists and museum officials said there was probably nothing.
Ceylan and two divers went ahead (and under) anyway, and what they found is pretty breathtaking.
The site of the ruins covers about one square kilometre, with walls that top 10 feet in some places. Since no excavation has occurred, no one knows exactly how far below the lake floor the structures go.