Alacahöyük

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by Günther Eichhorn

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Alacahöyük was the center of a flourishing Hatti culture during the Bronze Age. It had been settled continuously from the Stone Age. In the early 20th century Royal Tombs from the 3rd millennium BCE and a Hittite town from the 2nd millennium were discovered at this site.

view alacahöyük View of Alacahöyük. (620k) on-going excavations alacahöyük On-going excavations at Alacahöyük. (444k) two royal tombs Two of the Royal Tombs from the 3rd millennium BCE. (793k) city wall City Wall. (692k) gates One of the gates. (693k)
massive sphinx gate The massive Sphinx Gate. (484k) close-up massive sphinxes Close-up of one of the massive Sphinxes. (508k) city wall reproductions City wall with reproductions of the original reliefs. (609k)


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