Hattusha (Hattusa/Hattusas, Yazilikaya, Bogazkale/Bogazkoy, Corum)

Deep in the heart of Anatolia Turkey, approximately 150 km east of Ankara and near the northern border of ancient Cappadocia, the centre of a powerful empire was located: Hattusa (Hattusha-Hattusas), the Capital city of the Hittites (Ancient Anatolian Peoples). From about 1650/1600 to 1200 BC, the Great Kings of Hattusha ruled an empire that reached across the broad lands of Anatolia, extending at times even into the north of Syria; they conquered Babylon, and Troy was apparently one of their vassals. Besides Egypt, Assyria and Babylonia the Hittites were the third superpower of the Ancient Near East.

The remains of Hattusa (Hattusha/Hattusas) excavated and restored up to now form an archaeological open air museum, as part of a Historical National Park. Hattusha (Hattusa/Hattusas)  is also one of nine sites in Turkey currently included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

In 2001 the cuneiform tablet archives excavated at Hattusha (Hattusa / Hattusas), now kept in the archaeological museums of Ankara (Museum of Anatolian Civilizations) and Istanbul, have been added to the UNESCO Memory of the World List.

The Excavations at Hattusa (Hattusha) is a project of the German Institute of Archaeology

References and Useful Links

• Hattusa Home Site
• Abzu Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet
• Historic Archaeological Research Links
• Archaeological sites in Turkey  Madison Biblical Archaeological Society
• Archäologie Online  Die neue Seite der Archäologie
• Arkeoloji Sayfalarına Hoş Geldiniz.  Anadolu Arkeolojisi ve Ön Asya Arkeolojisi.
• Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut - German Archaeological Institute
• TÜRK ESKİÇAĞ BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ  Turkish Institute of Archaeology
• Hethitologie-Portal  Mainz
• HATTI - Association des Amis de la Civilisation hittite
• Hittite Home Page
• Hittite/Hurrian Mythology REF
• Institut für Vorderasiatische Achäologie Uni München  mit Links
• International Directory of Anatolianists
• Nestor Home Page  Bibliography for Aegean Prehistory and related topics
• Kerkenes Homepage  Excavations at Iron Age Kerkenes Dağ in Central Anatolia
• KUŞAKLI-Sarissa  Ausgrabungen in einer hethitischen Stadt im Oberen Land
• Ratgeber - Türkei Nützliche Informationen rund um die Türkei
• Ricittiprincipale
• TAY  The Archeological Settlements of Turkey - Project
• The Ancient World Web  Links
• Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Kültür Bakanlığı / Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey  Kultusministerium der Republik Türkei
• UNESCO World Heritage Center
• The Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Laboratory for Aegean and Near Eastern Dendrochronology at Cornell University