Alaca hoyuk

Sphinx and tombs

Before visiting Hattusa, make a stop at Alaca Hoyuk. A smaller site, with small museum, but worth two hours of your time if you have any interest in Hittite history !

Another Hittite's Necropolis

The highlight of this necropolis: several burial pits in which plates and dishes, weapons, ritual objects and ornaments are discovered. In additions, several monumental defensive walls with figures of...

Alacahöyük

First archeological study of Turkish Republic. Archeologs are still working on site and it is an exiciting experience, you may feel like Indiana Jones! I wished to cross parallel universe while crossi...

A Must See for Archeology Lovers

This is the Hittite site where the objects made of the oldest iron of Anatolia have been found and with its chamber tombs, it holds a very special place in the archeology world. In fact, almost al...

Hetitisch-hattische Ausgrabungsstätte

Eine kleinere hetitisch-hattische Stadt mit noch recht umfangreichen Ruinen. Die Ausschilderung ist für hiesige Verhältnisse sehr gut, der Eintritt nicht der Rede wert. Zwar nicht ganz so bekannt und ...