Hattusas: Hittite Capital Highlights
A recommended tour through Hattusas, the Bronze Age Hittite capital near Boğazkale, Çorum Province, covering its monumental gates, royal citadel, temples, and the nearby Yazılıkaya rock sanctuary.
Trip Stops
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Small museum in the village displaying finds from Hattusas, including a Hittite sphinx statue that was returned from Germany in 2011 after nearly a century abroad.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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The best-preserved Hittite temple, dedicated to the Storm God Teshub and Sun Goddess Arinna; it includes a large green stone block, likely a gift from Egypt, that visitors still touch for luck.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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The city's southwestern gate, flanked by two carved lion guardians. Its polygonal stonework is so precise that, according to local guides, not even a sliver of paper can slide between the blocks.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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A man-made embankment up to 250 m long hiding a 71-meter corbel-vaulted tunnel, still walkable after more than 3,000 years, once topped by a gate decorated with four sphinxes.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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Despite its name, the striking relief here (now in Ankara's museum, with a replica on site) actually depicts a war god, not a king — an old mistranslation that stuck.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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Home to the longest known Hittite hieroglyphic inscription, carved for King Suppiluliuma II, the empire's last ruler — a rare firsthand record from Hattusas' final years.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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The fortified royal palace and administrative heart of the empire, where archaeologists uncovered over 30,000 cuneiform tablets — the Hittite state archive, including treaties and law codes.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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A 60-meter-high natural rock outcrop crowned with fortress ruins; some researchers believe it may have served a religious role tied to the cult of the dead rather than pure defense.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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An open-air temple carved into natural rock chambers about 2 km from Hattusas, featuring 83 relief figures of gods and goddesses — the largest known gallery of Hittite religious art.
📍 Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
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