Note: Town is the site of an ancient settlement, located on a hilltop about 1500 m above sea level. It was an Urartian fortress occupied in the 1st millennium BCE. A cuneiform inscription found nearby indicates that there may be a connection between the site and the city of Darani, which was conquered by the Urartian King Argishti I in the 8th century BCE. An ongoing excavation at the site hopes to shed light on the development and decline of the Urartu kingdom in relation to the preceding and following social and political structures in the region.
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