Hattuşa

Hattuşaş, Hattusa, Ḫattuša olarak da bilinir.

Tür: Antik Kent, Ören Yeri
Tema: UNESCO Dünya Mirası
Kültür: Bizans, Frig, Galatya, Hatti, Hitit, Luvi, Roma
Yüzyıl: MÖ 17. yy, MÖ 19. yy
Bölge: Türkiye, Karadeniz Bölgesi, Çorum, Boğazkale

Hattusa
History
𒌷𒄩𒀜𒌅𒊭 Ḫattuša (Hittite) Hattuşaş (Turkish)
The Lion Gate in the south-west
Shown within Turkey
Location	Near Boğazkale, Çorum Province, Turkey
Region	Anatolia
Coordinates	40°01′11″N 34°36′55″E / 40.01972°N 34.61528°E / 40.01972; 34.61528
Type	Settlement
Founded	6th millennium BC
Abandoned	c. 1200 BC
Periods	Bronze Age
Cultures	Hittite
Site notes
Condition	In ruins

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
Criteria	Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv
Reference	377
Inscription	1986 (10th Session)
Area	268.46 ha

Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct periods. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, (originally Boğazköy) within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River (Hittite: Marashantiya; Greek: Halys).

Charles Texier brought attention to the ruins after his visit in 1834. Over the following century, sporadic exploration occurred, involving different archaeologists. In the 20th century, the German Oriental Society and the German Archaeological Institute conducted systematic excavations, which continue to this day.^[1] Hattusa was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1986.

^ Gates, Charles (2011). Ancient cities: the archaeology of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-203-83057-4.

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