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Surroundings:

Hattusa, Temple III, ground planHattusa, Temenos Temple VHattusa, Temple IV, ground planHattusa, Temple VI, ground planHattusa - City Gate - SfinxHattusa - Sfinx GateHattusa - City Gate - SfinxHattusa. Yerkapi - entranceHattusa. Yerkapi - entranceHattusa. Yerkapi - exitHattusa - Fuori le mura - outside of the city throug YerkapiBack to the cityBack to the cityBack to the cityIt`s a long way backHattusa - The Hittite imperial city - reconstructionHattusa - Lion GateHattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II) - descriptionHattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II)Hattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II)Hattusa - City Gate - SfinxHattusaHattusa - North part of the cityHattusaHattusaThe Hattusa

Location:

  • Türkiye, Boğazkale
  • geo:40.008286,34.619194
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -1500~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=24106

Annotations

Sources::

  1. James G. Macqueen, The Hittites: And Their Contemporaries in Asia Minor, rev. eds., London, Thames and Hudson 1986, pp. diffr.
  2. A. Tuba Ökse, “Open-air Sanctuaries of the Hittites.” In: Insights into Hittite History and Archae-ology, edited by Hermann Genz and Dirk Paul Mielke, ColloquiaAntiqua 2. Leuven: Peeters, 2011, pp. 219–40
  3. Gary Beckman, Constructing Sacred Space in Hittite Anatolia, in: Heaven on Earth: Temples, Ritual, and Cosmic Symbolism in the Ancient World eds.Deena Ragavan, OIS 9, Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 2013, pp. 153-173
  4. Caroline Zimmer-Vorhaus, Hittite Temples: Palaces of the Gods, in: H. Genz, D. P. Mielke eds., Insights into Hittite History and Archaeology. Colloquia Antiqua 2, 2011, pp. 195-218
  5. 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
  6. 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, Temple XXV

Hittite sanctuary in the temple-area of Hattusa

Hattusa, Temple XXIV

Hittite sanctuary in the temple-area of Hattusa

Hattusa, Temple XXII

Hittite sanctuary in the temple-area of Hattusa


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