The divers estimated that the undersea fortification could be 3,000 years old based on their initial observations. As a result, it would have been a part of the Iron Age Urartian period at one point. And given how many holes there are in our existing knowledge of the territory, this is a wonderful revelation.
But how did this castle end up being abandoned in the first place? Experts think that Lake Van’s limits have shifted over time. While this fortification was previously clearly located at the lake’s shore, it was gradually drowned by the rising waves.