Altıntepe Höyüğü in Üzümlü

You're standing on Altıntepe, a sixty-metre hill in Erzincan Province, in eastern Turkey. The name means 'golden hill'. In Armenian the place is called Yerez. Have a look around. This is a volcanic hill overlooking the Euphrates River. From the ninth century BCE the Urartians built a fortified stronghold up here, and it stayed in use into the seventh century.