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Surroundings:

Hattusa, Temple II, ground planHattusa - City Gate - SfinxHattusa - City Gate - SfinxHattusa - Sfinx GateHattusa, Temple IV, ground planIt`s a long way backHattusa. Yerkapi - entranceHattusa. Yerkapi - entranceHattusa. Yerkapi - exitHattusa - Fuori le mura - outside of the city throug YerkapiBack to the cityBack to the cityBack to the cityHattusa, Temple VI, ground planHattusa, Temenos Temple VHattusaThe HattusaThe HattusaHattusa - The Hittite imperial city - reconstructionHattusa - Lion GateHattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II) - descriptionHattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II)Hattusa - cityHatti - Hieroglyphic Chamber (II)Hattusa - City Gate - SfinxHattusa

Location:

  • Türkiye, Boğazkale
  • geo:40.007694,34.617691
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -1500~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=24107

Annotations

Sources::

  1. James G. Macqueen, The Hittites: And Their Contemporaries in Asia Minor, rev. eds., London, Thames and Hudson 1986, pp. diffr.
  2. 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
  3. 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, Colloquia Antiqua 2. Leuven: Peeters, 2011, pp. 219–40
  4. 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
  5. 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
  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 XXVII

Hittite sanctuary in the temple-area of Hattusa

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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