Site type guide
Rock Relief
Rock Relief sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
11 rock relief sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Rock Relief sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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Adamkayalar
Kızkalesi hinterland / Silifke area, Mersin Province, Mediterranean Region, Turkey
In a narrow canyon in the Cilician Taurus foothills, nine niches have been cut into the rock face and filled with carved figures — eleven men, four women, two children, a...
Fıraktın Relief
Develi area, Kayseri, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey
Carved into a riverside boulder in a Taurus mountain valley fifty kilometers south of Kayseri, the Fıraktın relief depicts Hittite Great King Hattusili III pouring water...
Gökbez Relief
Bor district, Niğde, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey
In a courtyard in Gökbez village, Niğde Province, a massive stone block lies on its side against a house wall — a Neo-Hittite storm god who has been horizontal for...
Hanyeri Relief
Tufanbeyli area, Adana, Mediterranean Region, Turkey
Carved four meters above a mountain road at the Gezbeli Pass in the Taurus Mountains, the Hanyeri relief names the divine owner of the mountain it occupies: Sharruma,...
Hemite Relief
Gökçedam / former Hemite, Osmaniye, Mediterranean Region, Turkey
On the north bank of the Ceyhan River in Osmaniye Province, a 13th-century BC Hittite warrior-prince gazes outward from the cliff face above the water....
İmamkullu Relief
Tomarza area, Kayseri, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey
On the flank of Bey Dağı in Kayseri's Tomarza district, a trachyte boulder carries the most dynamic image in Hittite rock art: the Thunder God Teshub riding his chariot...
İvriz Monuments
Konya, Halkapınar, c. 4 km south of town, Turkey
At a cliff face above a perennial spring in the Konya foothills, the Neo-Hittite king Warpalawa had himself carved in an act of worship before Tarhunzas — the storm and...
Karabel Relief
Kemalpaşa–Torbalı corridor, İzmir, Aegean Region, Turkey
A rock relief carved three millennia ago by a Hittite vassal king watches over the Karabel Pass in the hills east of İzmir....
Karasu Relief
Araban district, Gaziantep, Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
On a cliff face two hundred meters above the Karasu River near its meeting with the Euphrates, the Karasu Relief shows a deity standing on a stag: Runtiya, the...
Mount Sipylus and the Manisa relief
Manisa, Manisa Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
Mount Sipylus in western Anatolia has been a sacred mountain for over three thousand years — carrying a Hittite cliff carving later read as the oldest image of Cybele, the...
Taşçı Reliefs
Develi area, Kayseri, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey
Carved into cliff faces deep within a narrow gorge at the confluence of two rivers, the Taşçı Reliefs are among the most remote sacred monuments of the Hittite Empire....
Key questions
Rock Relief sacred-site questions
- What rock relief sacred sites are included?
- Rock Relief sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 11 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these rock relief sites located?
- Major country clusters include Turkey.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Ancient.
- Can I view rock relief sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.