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Ancient sacred sites in Turkey
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Topada Rock Inscription
Nevşehir, Turkey
On a natural cliff plateau in the Cappadocian borderlands, King Wasusarma of Tabal carved the most historically detailed royal inscription from Iron Age central Anatolia:...
Troy
Çanakkale, Turkey
Troy (Troia / Truva) is a multi-period Bronze Age to Roman city mound near Çanakkale, where nine distinct occupation layers span from around 3000 BC to AD 400....
Uzuncaburç
Mersin, Turkey
Uzuncaburç was once the divine capital of the Olba kingdom, where a priestly dynasty ruled in the name of Zeus Olbios....
Van Fortress
Van, Turkey
Van Fortress (Tushpa) was the sacred capital of the Urartian Kingdom from the 9th to 6th centuries BCE — a massive conglomerate rock rising from the shore of Lake Van...
Yalburt Pool Monument
Isparta, Turkey
At 1,300 metres in the highland meadows of western Konya, a rectangular basin of inscribed limestone blocks marks the place where a Hittite king bound his military...
Yazılıkaya
Çorum, Turkey
Yazılıkaya is the largest known open-air Hittite sanctuary, located 2 km northeast of Hattusha in central Turkey....
Yesemek
Gaziantep, Turkey
Yesemek is an ancient quarry and sculpture workshop in southern Turkey where the Hittite Empire produced sacred guardian figures — sphinxes, lions, and mountain gods —...
Zeugma
Gaziantep, Turkey
Zeugma stood for two millennia where the Euphrates divided the Greek and Persian worlds....
Zincirli
Gaziantep, Turkey
Zincirli Höyük is the site of ancient Sam'al, a Neo-Hittite and Aramaean city-state in southeastern Turkey....
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