SECRETS OF TOPRAKKALE - The Toprakkale shuttle is a well-known artefact among ancient astronaut investigators. Author and investigator Zecharia Sitchin traced this artifact down in a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. It was not on display, because the curators thought it was a falsification. The artefact, named after the Toprakkale site where it was found, seemed to resemble a rocketship with an astronaut sitting in it and therefore it could not be very old, so they thought.
Toprakkale, located near Lake Vani in the Caucasus region, is an extraordinary site itself.
In ancient times (9th century BC) it was known as Tushpa, the capital of the kingdom of Urartu. Tushpa was founded by the building of a fortress at the west end of the citadel of Van.
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