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Location:

  • Türkiye, Boğazkale
  • geo:40.008484,34.621208
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -1237~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=24105

Annotations

Hittite sanctuary consist of the main temple and small chapels. It was firs tbelieved to be a royal palace.

See:

  1. James G. Macqueen, The Hittites: And Their Contemporaries in Asia Minor, rev. eds., London, Thames and Hudson 1986, pp. diffr.
  2. O. Puchstein et al., « Zweiter Jahresbericht über die Ausgrabungen in Baalbek », JDAI 17, 1902, pp. 87-124
  3. Hermann Genz, Dirk Paul Mielke eds., Insights into Hittite History and Archaeology. Colloquia Antiqua 2, 2011, pp. 1-29
  4. Jürgen Seeher, Chronology in Hattuta: New Approaches to an Old Problem, in: Mielke, Schoop, Seeher (ed.), Structuring and Dating in Hittite Archaeology. BYZAS 4 (2006), pp. 197-213
  5. Billie Jean Collins, The Hittites and Their World, (Archaeology and Biblical Studies November 7, 2007), Brill 2008

Relevant museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums


Nearby

Hattusa, King's Gate

The South East gate in the Upper City fortifications

Hattusa, Temple II

Hittite sanctuary in the temple-area of Hattusa

Hattusa, Temple XXV

Hittite sanctuary in the temple-area of Hattusa


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