A group of archaeologists announced that they managed to find the ruins of a palace built for Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan. According to the researchers, they are in the province of Van in Turkey, according to Live Science..

However, scientists who were not involved in the study urged to treat these findings with caution.. In their opinion, it is necessary to obtain more information before the structure can be unambiguously associated with Hulagu Khan..

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Hulagu Khan - the ruler of Mongolia, who lived from about 1217 to 1265 and led military campaigns in the Middle East. He is well known for capturing Baghdad in 1258, which led to the destruction of much of the city, including the House of Wisdom, known as the Great Library of Baghdad, as well as the execution of the ruler, Caliph Al-Mustasim.

The region that was under the rule of Hulagu Khan is known as the Ilkhanate. It existed until the beginning of the XIV century, and its last remnants were destroyed in 1357.. Historical records mention the existence of a palace and summer capital in the region, but its exact location has not been revealed..

Scientists who discovered the palace continue to excavate, but most of the structure is destroyed. In addition, the researchers found evidence that the palace was looted. But even despite this, scientists have found the remains of glazed tiles, bricks, pottery with tricolor glaze and porcelain..

According to one of the archaeologists Munkhtulga Rinchinhorol, on some of the tiles that completed the roof, there are symbols that look like letters. "

In antiquity and the Middle Ages, various variants of swastika patterns were used, but in the twentieth century this symbol was appropriated by the Nazis.

But it is the tiles with these symbols that are an important reason why scientists believe that they found the palace that belonged to Hulagu Khan..

Archaeologists contacted by the publication note that the discovery is "

Earlier, maritime archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority discovered traces of two sunken ships at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near the ancient city of Caesarea.. Shipwrecks took place at different times, but almost in the same place.