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Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 18 November 2023  Page Views: 11370

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hattuşa Alternative Name: Hattusa, Hattusha, Hattuşaş
Country: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 0.586 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Sungurlu  Nearest Village: Boğazkale
Latitude: 40.019926N  Longitude: 34.615571E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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4 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
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Hattuşa
Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : You can just make out the sun god (Šimige?) at the back of Chamber 2. Photo taken in 2004. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Boğazköy-Hattusha in north-central Turkey was once the capital of the Hittite Empire, one of the great powers of Western Asia during the Late Bronze Age (1650 to 1200 BC). The site has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986 and almost 30,000 clay tablets with cuneiform writing have been found so far.

These tablets, which were included in the UNESCO World Documentary Heritage in 2001, provide rich information about the history, society, economy and religious traditions of the Hittites and their neighbours. Excavations have been going on for more than 100 years under the direction of the German Archaeological Institute.

Link to World Heritage site.

Here is the German Archaeological Institute project website (in German).

Note: Previously unknown Indo-European language discovered on clay tablet, more in the comments
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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The King's Gate. August 1993. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The Lion Gate. August 1993. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hattuşa submitted by SolarMegalith : Lions Gate in Hattuşa, probably the most famous monument of Hittite Empire capital (photo taken on June 2010). (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hattuşa submitted by SolarMegalith : Site in Turkey Hattusa - Sphinx Gate (photo taken on June 2010). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The outside of the King's Gate. October 2004. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hattuşa submitted by SolarMegalith : Site in Turkey Hattusa - part of the Lion's Gate, the SW gate to the town constructed in 14th century BC (photo taken on June 2010).

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Hattuşa submitted by h_fenton : Looking roughly east along the wall of Hattuşa from the Yerkapı Rampart. 26 April 2008 (1 comment)

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Hattuşa submitted by h_fenton : Panoramic view over the lower city area (and Great Temple), Hattuşa, Turkey. 27 April 2008

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Hattuşa submitted by AlexHunger : Sphinx Gate orthostat in the Istanbul Museum for safe keeping.

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The north end of the passageway through the southern rampart.

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The replica Sphinx Gate.

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Hattuşa submitted by h_fenton : Hattuşa, The Hieroglyph Chamber (chamber 2) Six lines of Luvian hieroglyphics on the right hand wall of the chamber. 26 April 2008 (3 comments)

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Hattuşa submitted by SolarMegalith : Hattuşa was destroyed about 1200 BC, but traces of occupation are present for next 400 years (photo taken in June 2010).

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Hattuşa submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of Hattuşa, the capital of the Hittite Empire founded about 2000 BC (photo taken in June 2010).

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Hattuşa submitted by h_fenton : A crop from the panoramic view over the upper city area, showing Temple 2 and Temple 3, these are thought to be the earliest temples in the Upper City. Hattuşa, Turkey 27 April 2008 (1 comment)

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Hattuşa submitted by AlexHunger : The rear of the Kings Gate.

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Hattuşa submitted by Dudy : Hattusa, sacred pool complex, backside of burial chamber 2, rock relief image of King Suppiluliuma II. Foto : Peter Neve, DAI 1992, License CC_BY-NC-SA_ King Suppiluliuma II. carrying an ankh or cross symbol. The rock relief on the backside of the burial chamber 2 of the sacred pool complex at Hattusa, main capital of the Hittite Empire, was discovered 1992 by Peter Neve.

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : Temples 3 and 2 seen from the Sphinx Gate at Hattuşa. There are at least 31 temples here, according to the map you are given on entry to the site.

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : King Suppiluliuma II on the left side of the hieroglyph chamber.

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The hieroglyph chamber.

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The late afternoon sun through the King's Gate.

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The entrance to the lower city.

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Hattuşa submitted by davidmorgan : The massive southern rampart.

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Hattuşa submitted by h_fenton : A crop from the panoramic view over the upper city area, looking across the eastern side of the temple district to The Royal Citadel of Büyükkale (the big walls/ruins beyond the road). Hattuşa, Turkey 27 April 2008 (1 comment)

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Re: Hattuşa, The hieroglyph chamber 2 by Dudy on Saturday, 18 November 2023
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At the backside of chamber 2 of the sacred pool complex of Hattusa the archaeologist Peter Neve has discovered the rock relief of King Suppiluliuma II (ca. 1215 - 1191). I'm trying to upload a photo of this relief image from the DAI. The licence is CC BY NC SA.

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New Indo-European Language Discovered by davidmorgan on Thursday, 28 September 2023
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An excavation in Turkey has brought to light an unknown Indo-European language. Professor Daniel Schwemer, an expert for the ancient near east from Würzburg, is involved in investigating the discovery.

The new language was discovered in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Boğazköy-Hattusha in north-central Turkey. This was once the capital of the Hittite Empire, one of the great powers of Western Asia during the Late Bronze Age (1650 to 1200 BC).

Excavations in Boğazköy-Hattusha have been going on for more than 100 years under the direction of the German Archaeological Institute. The site has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986; almost 30,000 clay tablets with cuneiform writing have been found there so far. These tablets, which were included in the UNESCO World Documentary Heritage in 2001, provide rich information about the history, society, economy and religious traditions of the Hittites and their neighbours.

Yearly archaeological campaigns led by current site director Professor Andreas Schachner of the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute continue to add to the cuneiform finds. Most of the texts are written in Hittite, the oldest attested Indo-European language and the dominant language at the site. Yet the excavations of this year yielded a surprise. Hidden in a cultic ritual text written in Hittite is a recitation in a hitherto unknown language.

Read more at Universität Würzburg.
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Hattuşa’s city walls come to light by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 07 October 2014
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Archaeologists have unearthed part of the 3,700-year-old city wall of Hattuşa, capital city of the ancient Hittites, in the northern province of Çorum.

The Hittites had built the 4.5-kilometer city walls to protect their capital Hattuşa. “The city walls were first unearthed during the first year of excavations between 1906 and 1907. Some 700 meters of the 4.5-kilometer-long city walls have been unearthed. We worked for the restoration of 400-meter parts of the walls over the last three years. These walls were the first big project of the Hittites. The wall surrounds the whole city,” said Dr. Andreas Schachner, who is caryring out the excavations for the German Archaeological Institute, noting that their most recent archaeological work had focused on restoring the walls.

Schachner said they had also discovered 10 underground tunnels in some parts of the wall. “These tunnels were made for soldiers to leave the city in secret during an attack or occupation and fight. There is a tower in every 20-25 kilometer of the walls. The Hittites built the walls on an artificial hill to show the city’s power and magnificence,” he said.

He said the city walls were 10 meters high when they were built but later fell to five-six meters.

Source: Hürriyet
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On BBC iplayer - Lost Cities of the Ancients - The Dark Lords of Hattusha by davidmorgan on Sunday, 01 April 2012
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Documentary series which unearths lost civilisations and reveals the wonders of some of the world's ancient cities.

More than 3,000 years ago a mysterious and ruthless civilization rose from nothing, created a brutal and unstoppable army and built an empire that rivalled Egypt and Babylon. Yet, just as it was at the height of its powers, the great empire suddenly vanished from history.

This is the story of the formidable Hittites, a civilisation bent on world domination. Their long-lost capital, Hattusha, which disappeared 1,000s of years ago, was recently rediscovered, and archaeologists have unearthed one of the most astonishing and ingenious cities of the ancient world, featuring rings of impenetrable walls, secret tunnels, temples, palaces and a vast pyramid-like structure facing Egypt.

Buried in this lost city is one of the greatest libraries of the ancient world. All the secrets of the mysterious Hittite empire were written in two codes - one a unique form of hieroglyphs. Using these deciphered texts, this film recreates the ancient world of the Hittites, telling the story of what happened to them, and what caused an empire built to last forever to vanish so completely from history.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00792vj/Lost_Cities_of_the_Ancients_The_Dark_Lords_of_Hattusha/
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Hattuşa sphinx returning to Anatolia by davidmorgan on Friday, 29 July 2011
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A 3,500-year-old statue of a sphinx that was removed from Turkey ostensibly for restoration in Germany 99 years ago is expected to return to the country Wednesday, according to Turkey’s culture and tourism minister.

Minister Ertuğrul Günay said Tuesday that the Hattuşa Sphinx would be handed over to Turkey on Wednesday.

“You will be able to see the Hattuşa Sphinx on Wednesday during a presentation at the Archaeology Museum,” Günay told reporters in Istanbul.

Germany agreed in May to return the statue to Turkey, ending a war of words between Berlin and Ankara.

In 1915, German archaeologists uncovered the sculpture of a lion’s body and a human head in the ruins of the ancient Hittite capital Hattuşa in central Turkey and brought it to Germany for restoration, along with another sphinx.

The second sphinx was returned to Turkey long ago, but the reconstructed one was included in the Pergamon Museum’s permanent collection.

Photo here: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=hattusa-sphinx-returing-to-anatolia-2011-07-26
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