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Genefik |
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Fortress |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Elazig |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Genefik |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Middle Iron Age |
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| It lies 10 km south of the Elazig-Bingöl motorway as the crow flies. The western and southern sections rest on a very abrupt rock, measuring 70x40 m in dimensions. Presently obscured by the Keban Dam's lake, the Genefik Fortress bear typical characteristics of the Urartian fortresses with its rock-cut cisterns having platforms on the western skirt, and step-like graduated foundations of the defense walls. |
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