VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: An archaeologist carries out excavation as a skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020.
Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms.
VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: Archaeologists carry out excavation as a skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020. Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms.
VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: A skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020. Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms.
VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: A close-up pH๏τo shows jewelry on a skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020. Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms.
VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: A close-up pH๏τo shows jewelry on a skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020. Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms.
VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: A skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020. Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms
VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: A skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020. Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms
VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: A skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020. Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms.
VAN, TURKEY – AUGUST 31: A skeleton of a Royal Urartu woman buried with jewelry is found during the archaeological excavations at a necropolis of the Urartu period in Gurpinar district of Turkey’s eastern Van province on August 31, 2020. Excavation works continue at the 2,750 year-old Necropolis, where aristocrats are believed to be buried. A royal woman skeleton was found wearing pendulum earrings, a ring on her finger, a necklace on her neck, an ornamental pin, and dragon-headed bracelets on her both arms
