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| Grand Temple excavations with view of reconstructed walls and towers |
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| Grand Temple |
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| Storage jars Grand Temple |
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| Grand Temple |
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| Store room door entrances Grand Temple |
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| 'The Green Stone' Grand Temple |
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| Lion tub Grand Temple |
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| Excavations Kesi Kaya (Split Rock) |
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| Kizlar Kaya (Maiden's Rock) |
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| Lower West Gate |
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| Excavations below Sarikale |
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| Restoration work on the Lion Gate |
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| Temple Number 30 |
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| Yenice Kale |
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| View towards Grand Castle |
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| Yerkapi tunnel |
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| Yerkapi ramp |
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| Yerkapi steps |
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| Sphinx Gate |
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| Outward view from the Sphinx Gate |
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| District of Temples, Temple Number 3 |
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| King's Gate (Kral Kapi) |
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| Grand Castle - the Royal Palace (Buyukkale) |
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| Chamber 1 |
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| Chamber 2 (Hieroglyph Chamber) |
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| Relief of the Sun God Chamber 2 |
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| Luwian Hireoglyphs right wall Chamber 2 |
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| Relief of Suppiluliuma II left wall Chamber 2 |
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| Hieroglyphs Nisantasi |
Great photos!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, it's a pretty amazing site.
DeleteVery nice images, Mike! Very reminiscent of Mycenaean structures - particularly the Yerkapi tunnel.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, it is similar especially the entrances but they used mud bricks for most construction above the limestone base.
DeleteI'm with Dean,I thought we were at Mycenae to start with great stuff!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain, I have heaps of photos of other Hittite sites as well as Bronze Age sites in Greece and Egypt. I'll post these at some stage.
DeleteI look forward to that!
DeleteNo worries Jonathan.
DeleteNice tour, sir.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jay, I'll post photos of Yazilikaya, the near by Hittite rock sanctuary next.
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