*Writings on Urartu**

by Boris Piotrovsky

* This material is presented solely for non-commercial educational/research purposes.

These writings include excerpts from Piotrovsky's The Ancient Civilization of Urartu, translated from Russian by James Hogarth (N.Y., 1969), and Urartu: The Kingdom of Van and its Art (N.Y. 1967), translated by Peter S. Gelling. The author's name appears as Piotrovskii on the latter work and elsewhere.

Urartian King List

The Ancient Civilization of Urartu

The Rediscovery of Urartu. Chapter I
The Problem of Origins. Chapter II
History and Archaeology. Chapter III
Epilogue. Chapter V
Bibliography

Urartian Art, Wikimedia Commons [Color photos]

Urartu: the Kingdom of Van and its Art

The Characteristics of Urartian Art. Chapter 2
A Survey of Urartian Art. Chapter 3
Appendix B. The Relationship between Urartian and Scythian Art
Bibliography and Footnotes

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