Boğazkale
The UNESCO district home to the Hittite capital Hattusa and Yazılıkaya. Population: 3,587 (TÜİK 2025).
Hittites & Archaeology
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Hattusa Visitor Guide
Route, timing and tips for visiting the Hittite capital.
Boğazköy Cuneiform Tablets
Hattusa's cuneiform tablets, counted at 25,000 to over 30,000: where they were found, their languages, contents and the …
Hattusa: UNESCO World Heritage and Memory of the World
Hattusa joined the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986; the Boğazköy tablets entered the Memory of the World Register in …
History of the Hattusa Excavations
From Hattusa's first publication in 1834 and the 1906 dig to the German Archaeological Institute campaigns since 1931: p…
Hittite Seals and Seal Impressions
The 3,268 bullae of the Nişantepe archive at Hattusa, hemispherical seals, and the seals found at Šapinuwa: Hittite glyp…
New Kadesh Treaty Tablet Fragment Found at Hattusa (2026)
A cuneiform tablet fragment from Büyükkale, Hattusa, was announced on 21 September 2026 as part of a copy of the Kadesh …
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…
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…
Hattuşaş
Located in Boğazkale, Hattuşa was the capital of the Hittite Empire, an ancient city famed for its walls, monumental gat…
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…
