8,000-Year-Old Life Traces Unearthed in Delikli Cave, Bitlis: From Prehistory to the Urartians
Archaeologists excavating Delikli Cave in Türkiye’s Bitlis Province have uncovered traces of human life dating back 8,000 years — including obsidian tools, handmade pottery, Urartian-era burials, and medieval building remains — revealing a rare continuum of settlement from prehistory through the Middle Ages. Perched about 60 meters above the current level of Lake Van in
Traces of the 5000-year-old Karaz culture have been found in Bitlis
Traces of the 5000-year-old Karaz Culture were discovered during the excavations carried out in the İç Kale in Ahlat district of Bitlis. The Karaz Culture is a culture identified in the research of Soviet archaeologist Boris Kuftin, which exhibited a widespread presence during the Late Chalcolithic and Bronze Age, encompassing the Eastern Anatolian Region, Transcaucasia,