This video shows DNA results of Urartian man from Van, eastern Turkey. Urartu was an ancient kingdom centered around Lake Van in the Armenian Highlands. The Urartian sample in this video, I19612 was genetically an adult male. The individual is placed in a simple grave pit dug into the ground. No archaeological finds were found in the pit. However, a broken Urartian pottery piece was retrieved from under the bones of the left foot of the skeleton. The individual was lying in full flexed position. His age was estimated older than 25 years. Data Source: Iosif Lazaridis et al., The genetic history of the Southern Arc:A bridge between West Asia and Europe, Science 377, eabm4247 (2022), DOI:10.1126/science.abm424 Visit MyHeritage DNA: https://www.myheritage.com/dna