Verified40.0210° N · 34.6150° E · 1050 m
Hattusa
Hattusha · Boğazköy
Hittite Empire (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze)·Hittite·🇹🇷 Çorum Province, Boğazkale, Turkey
About
About Hattusa
Capital of Hittite Empire (1600–1180 BCE) with double walls 8 km, Lion Gate, Sphinx Gate, Great Temple and rock sanctuary Yazılıkaya with 90+ reliefs of gods. Archives of 30,000 cuneiform tablets.
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History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.1650–1600 BCE Hattusili I
- Period
- Hittite Empire (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze)
- Culture
- Hittite
- Purpose
- Imperial capital
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.1650–1600 BCE Hattusili I
Initial construction
c. 1137 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
40.0210° N · 34.6150° E · 1050 m
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