Alaca Hoyuk, Hattusa, Yazilikaya

Wednesday 25/06/2014 - Alaca Hoyuk, Hattusa, Yazilikaya.

Hittite sites (2000-1000BC).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaca_Hoyuk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattusa  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazilikaya 

 Typical Turkish breakfast.

Stork (cigogne).

Stork nest.

Corum, archeological museum, focussing on Hittite culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corum

Corum, archeological museum,reconstruction of Hitite tomb.

Corum, archeological museum,an avant-garde "camel bag" !

Corum, archeological museum, fun with an electronic game.

Alaca Hoyuk, tombs.

Alaca Hoyuk, tunnel.

Alaca Hoyuk,museum object.

Hattusa, capital of the Hittite empire in the late bronze age.

Hattusa, the famous perfectly smooth green stone,
gift of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II after the peace treaty with the Hittites,
the earliest international peace treaty known to historians.

Feels magic.

Hattusa, 2000 liters jars !

Hattusa sphinxes.  The head of that on the left hand has been restored.

Hattusa, city walls, 35m high (i'ts me on the top).

Hattusa, the famous 70m long tunnel.

Yazilikaya, holy site of the Hittites, few kilometers away from Hattusa.
Apparently used for new year's celebrations.

Yazilikaya, rock carving representing Hittite gods of the underworld.

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