The Toprakkale spacecraft is a well-known artifact for people dealing with ancient astronauts. Writer and researcher Zecharia Sitchin found the object in a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. He was not exposed because the curator thought it was a forgery. This artifact found in the city of Toprakkale, after which it was named, apparently depicts a rocket with an astronaut and was therefore not considered an old monument.

Toprakkale, located near Lake Van in the Caucasus, is an exceptional location.

In the 9th century. BC This place was known as Tuspa, the capital of the Kingdom of Urartu. Tušpa was founded as a fortress on the western shore of Lake Van.

The walls of Toprakkale Fortress were built without the use of mortar from huge stone blocks. These Cyclops buildings, named after the ancient Greeks, who considered Cyclops to be their builders, are located in Europe as well as on other continents. Examples are Machu Picchu in Peru and other sites from the pre-Columbian period.

On the fortress in Tušpa there are inscriptions of Urdur King Sarduri I in Assyrian. Sarduri I ruled from 834 to 828 BC and is known to have moved the capital of Urartu to Tuspa. In addition to the fact that the city was founded by Sarduri I, the inscriptions in Tušpa also record the relocation of huge stones from the city of Alnia.

Such inscriptions usually describe the victories and achievements of rulers. Why would people put so much effort into describing a simple construction process? Maybe because it wasn't that simple and they wanted to explain how stones weighing 30-40 tons with a volume of over 5 m³ got into place.

Alniu is located on the northeast shore of Lake Van. However, scientists argue that the stones did not have to be moved long distances. The purpose of such a megalithic structure remains unknown. Was it built by Sarduri I. or is the building much older and Sarduri I. just appropriated it?

Is it just a coincidence that an object depicting a space shuttle was found in such a mysterious building? Zecharia Sitchin describes this object as a carved scale model of what seems to modern man to be a rocket with a conical nose powered by four engines, in which a pilot sits.

Could stones have been transported from a great distance using technologies such as rockets? It is, of course, just speculation, but why would the ancient inhabitants of Tušpa create such an object if they had never seen a shuttle before?