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Multi-periodSite Name: Sarissa Alternative Name: Kuşaklı
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 104.006 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Sivas  Nearest Village: Başören Köyü
Latitude: 39.308300N  Longitude: 36.909700E
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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2 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Ancient Hittite Settlement in Sivas Province, Turkey

A Hittite city dating from the 16th century BCE.
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Forgotten Hittite city in Anatolia by davidmorgan on Saturday, 11 May 2019
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The ancient city, unearthed by Professor Andreas Müller Karpe of Germany’s Marburg University, is one of Turkey’s cultural and historical treasures that needs to be explored.

Known as the place where the first written agreement was signed between the Hittites and the Egyptians, it was one of the biggest Hittite cities in Anatolia. Historians claim that the Hittite people summered in Sarissa for worship.

Altınyayla Mayor Sinan Akbulut said the ancient city in Akkuzulu field in the Altınyayla district should be a cultural and historical tourism attraction.

“As the municipality, we will do our best for this place to be promoted. But we don’t have enough budget for it and need the support of the Culture and Tourism Ministry,” Akbulut said.

He envisions making Sarissa into an open air museum.

“Hittites are one of the four biggest civilizations in the world, and Sarissa is a place than can serve faith tourism,” the mayor said.

Archaeological excavations in Sarissa have so far unearthed a big temple, lots of tablets, the first written contract, a terra cotta twin bull statue (Rhyton) and many others. The written contract processed on tablets in 1285 B.C. was the text of the Kadesh Peace Agreement between the Egyptians and the Hittites.

According to the Sivas Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate, the Hittite tablets reveal that kings sojourned in this ancient city, and religious holidays were celebrated.

The 76-meter-long temple building, which the excavation team calls Building C, is believed to have been built in 1525 B.C. The building is known as the “biggest one in the Hittite cities.”

The statue of the twin bull, which is among the animals of the mythological god of the storm, was found in the temple. Among the tablets, three are festival texts and 12 are religious cult documents. Many of the artifacts uncovered during excavations are on display at the Sivas Archaeology Museum.

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