Even at 86, Mehmet Kuşman continues his 60-year quest to study the inscriptions and preserve the language and forgotten legacy of ancient Urartu

CAVUSTEPE, Turkiye: Mehmet Kusman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiselled into the black basalt rock and read: “Before me there was…

Mehmet Kusman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiselled into the black basalt rock and read: "Before me there was nothing. But by the…