Mounds & Ancient Sites
Mounds and ancient sites in Çorum: the Hittite capital Hattusa, Alacahöyük, Šapinuwa, Eskiyapar, Resuloğlu and rock tombs — the full list with locations and history.
Hattuşaş
Located in Boğazkale, Hattuşa was the capital of the Hittite Empire, an ancient city famed for its walls, monumental gat…
Alacahöyük
In Çorum's Alaca district, Alacahöyük is a mound famed for its royal tombs and sphinx gate, continuously settled from th…
Şapinuva
Located in the Ortaköy district of Çorum, Şapinuva is an ancient city known for its cuneiform tablets and was a major mi…
Hüseyindede Old Hittite Cult Center
Hüseyindede hill near the town of Yörüklü in Sungurlu is an Old Hittite settlement and worship center known for its reli…
Kaletepe Castle
Located southwest of Çorum's Kuşsaray and dating to the Hittite period, Kaletepe is a fortress settlement known for its …
Kapılıkaya Monumental Rock Tomb
A Hellenistic-period monumental tomb carved into the rock on the Çorum-Osmancık highway, administratively within Laçin d…
İskilip Rock Tomb
Roman-era rock tombs carved into natural stone at the foot of İskilip Castle; a monumental example notable for its colum…
A Monumental Building at Şapinuva Dated to the 1380s BC
A building at Şapinuva with L-shaped rooms, detected by geophysics in 2024 and dated to the 1380s BC, still has an unkno…
Akkaya Mound (Akkaya Höyük)
A mound on a triangular rise beside the Bayat stream in the village of Yerliköy, Bayat, with pottery finds dating it to …
Boyalı Mound and Fatmaören Mound
Near the town of Yörüklü, a few kilometres from Hüseyindede Mound, Boyalı and Fatmaören mounds complete the same Hittite…
Derekutuğun Mine Gallery
A copper-mining site near the village of Derekutuğun in Bayat, dated to the Early Bronze Age (4th millennium BC) and reg…
Early Hellenistic and Galatian Graves at Hattusa
A cemetery on Hattusa's northwest slope holds 17 known Early Hellenistic/Galatian graves (late 4th-3rd c. BC); in 2026 a…
Eskiyapar Mound
On the Alaca–Sungurlu road, Eskiyapar Mound shows uninterrupted settlement from the Early Bronze Age to the Byzantine pe…
Gölpınar Hittite Dam
Built in the 13th century BC near Alacahöyük, the Gölpınar Hittite Dam joined the ICID World Heritage Irrigation Structu…
Hattusa Büyükkale (Royal Palace)
The Hittite royal palace of Hattusa, on a rocky platform of about 250x140 m ringed by steep cliffs, known for its courty…
Hattusa Great Temple
The only temple in Hattusa's Lower City and the largest building complex of the Hittite capital, with two cult rooms, st…
Hattusa Lions' Gate and King's Gate
Hattusa's Lions' Gate (south-west) and King's Gate (south-east) share one plan; one is known for its lions, the other fo…
Hattusa Nişantaş, Sarıkale and Yenicekale
Three rock-top complexes in Hattusa's Upper City: Nişantaş with Suppiluliuma II's long inscription, and Sarıkale and Yen…
Hattusa's Green Stone
In the Great Temple precinct of Hattusa, a smooth green rock unlike its surroundings — its original function unknown, ye…
Kuşsaray Mound
In the Düvenci Plain, 15 km northeast of central Çorum, the walled Kuşsaray Mound preserves a three-layered settlement f…
Pazarlı Mound (Çikhasan)
About 22 km north of Alaca, Pazarlı Mound preserves a Chalcolithic layer beneath a 7th–6th century BC Phrygian level fam…
Resuloğlu Ancient Site
In the village of Resuloğlu in Uğurludağ district, an Early Bronze Age cemetery with over 200 graves, one of the few sys…
The Archaeological Sites of Alaca
Beyond Alacahöyük's shadow: the Gölpınar dam, Kalınkaya quarry, the rock tombs of Geven and Camili villages, the Yatanka…
Yarıkkaya
About 2 km north of Yazılıkaya, Yarıkkaya is a five-layered hilltop settlement spanning the Late Chalcolithic to the Ear…
Yazılıkaya
About 2 km north-east of Hattusa, Yazılıkaya is an open-air sanctuary with Hittite reliefs of gods and goddesses in two …
Yerkapı and the Sphinx Gate
Yerkapı, the artificial rampart at Hattusa's southern end, with the Sphinx Gate and a 71-metre postern; painted hierogly…