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Atlantis FOUND?

• DailyStar By Christine Younan

BOFFINS have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year old castle underwater – and believe they have finally found what they've been looking for. 

Archaeologists who have been searching Lake Van – the second largest lake in Turkey – for decades have discovered what they believe is a lost city.

The castle is thought to be an Iron Age relic of the Urartu civilisation – also called the Kingdom of Van – which lived in the area from the 6th to the 9th century BC.

The remarkable discovery was made by archaeologists from the Van Yüzüncü Y?l University and a team of divers


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