The Rumors Were True: Ancient Castle Found Below Turkish Lake
Sometimes, the local legends are more than just tall tales.
By David Grossman
Nov 20, 2017
Local mythology scored a victory over modern archaeology when divers discovered ancient ruins around 3,000 years old at the bottom of a lake in eastern Turkey.
Lake Van sits near Turkey's border with Iran. It is the world's largest salt water lake and one of the world's largest endoheric bodies of water, meaning it has no outlet to the ocean. The Uratu kingdom ruled the area for hundreds of years, from 860–590 BC, and legends held that Uratu ruins lay beneath the waters. But Tahsin Ceylan, head of the diving team from Van Yuzuncu Yil University, was told repeatedly that searching the country's biggest lake was a waste of time.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a13811136/lake-van-turkey-uratu-castle/
