Boğazköy (Hattusa)

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Boğazköy (Hattusa) is the archaeological site of the ancient Hittite capital in central Anatolia, renowned for its extensive cuneiform tablet archives that are key to the study of Anatolian languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
ancient city
archaeological site
ancientName Hattusa
associatedWithPeople Hittites
linked to: Hittite Empire
capitalOf Hatti
Hittite Empire
country Turkey
discoveredBy Charles Texier
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute
firstSurveyedIn 1834
floruit 2nd millennium BCE
hasPart Great Temple
King’s Gate
Lion Gate
Lower City
Sphinx Gate
Upper City
Yazılıkaya sanctuary
Yerkapı rampart
city walls
royal citadel
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor Hittite law codes
linked to: Hittite laws

Hittite royal archives
cuneiform tablet archives
international treaties
religious texts
study of Anatolian languages
languageOfInscriptions Akkadian
Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)

Hurrian
locatedIn central Anatolia
Çorum Province
locatedInValleyOf Kızılırmak River bend
locatedNear modern village of Boğazkale
period Bronze Age
region Anatolia
significance key site for study of ancient Near Eastern diplomacy
key site for understanding Hittite civilization
systematicExcavationsBegan 1906
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(vi)
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1986
writingSystem cuneiform

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Anatolian languages majorCorpusLocation Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hittite Empire capital Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hittite Empire capital Hattusha
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hittite Empire majorCity Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hittite Empire inscriptionsFoundAt Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Boğazköy (Hattusa) ancientName Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Boğazköy (Hattusa) hasPart Yazılıkaya sanctuary
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hittite (Nesite) capitalAssociated Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Asian Turkey containsSite Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Treaty of Kadesh HittiteVersionDiscoveredAt Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Suppiluliuma I residence Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Suppiluliuma I capital Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Mursili II capital Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Mursili II deathPlace Hattusa (probable)
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hittite laws discoveredAt Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hittite archives foundAt Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Nesite capitalRegion Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Upper City partOf Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Upper City locatedIn Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Upper City partOfUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Great Temple (Hattusa) locatedIn Hattusa
subject linked to: Great Temple
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Great Temple (Hattusa) partOf Hattusa temple complex
subject linked to: Great Temple
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Great Temple (Hattusa) partOf Hattusa lower city
subject linked to: Great Temple
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Great Temple (Hattusa) UNESCOSite Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
subject linked to: Great Temple
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Lion Gate (Hattusa) locatedIn Hattusa
subject linked to: Lion Gate
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Lion Gate (Hattusa) partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
subject linked to: Lion Gate
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Lion Gate (Hattusa) associatedWith Hittite royal citadel of Hattusa
subject linked to: Lion Gate
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
King’s Gate locatedIn Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
King’s Gate associatedWith Hattusa fortifications
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
King’s Gate UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
King’s Gate hasOrientation eastern fortifications of Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Sphinx Gate locatedIn Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Sphinx Gate locatedInAncientCity Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Sphinx Gate locatedOn Büyükkale hill area of Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Yerkapı rampart partOf Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Yerkapı rampart locatedIn Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Yerkapı rampart worldHeritageSite Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Lower City partOf Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Lower City locatedIn Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Lower City contains Great Temple of Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Lower City partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site Hattusha
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Lower City comparedWith Upper City of Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hatti capital Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hatti majorCity Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hittite royal court capitalLocation Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Boğazköy near Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Boğazköy contains Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Boğazköy hasAlternativeName Boghazköy
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hattusili III capitalRelocatedTo Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Hattusili III residence Hattusa
linked to: Boğazköy (Hattusa)