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Šamuḫa is an ancient Bronze Age settlement near the village of Kayalıpınar, Yıldızeli, c. 40 km west of Sivas, in the Sivas Province of Turkey.Located on the northern bank of Kizil Irmak river, it was a city of the Hittites, a religious centre and, for a few years, a military capital for the empire.
The Hittite rock relief Fıraktın relief (or Fraktın) is located roughly 50 km south of Kayseri in the province of the same name in southern Turkey, at Fıraktın on the bank of the Enzel Dere, a tributary of the Zamantı Irmağı. Strabo called the place Dastarkon. Rock reliefs are a prominent aspect of Hittite art.
A block of nephrite, a dark green mineral form of jade which is common in the region, and dressed into the form of a cube, about 27 inches (69 cm) per side and weighing about 2,200 pounds (1000 kg), [5] the Green Stone is supposed to have had some religious use or purpose, but what it may have been is unknown. [1]
The geography of the Hittite Empire is inferred from Hittite texts on the one hand, and from archaeological excavation on the other. Matching philology to archaeology is a difficult and ongoing task, and so far, only a handful of sites are identified with their ancient name with certainty.
Syro-Hittite states, Iron Age states located in modern Turkey and Syria Biblical Hittites , also known as the "Children of Heth" Hittite Microwave Corporation , a former semiconductor manufacturer now owned by Analog Devices
The Seha River Land was a reluctant vassal state of the Hittite Empire, and much of its known history was turbulent.The Annals of Mursili II recount how the Hittite king Mursili II consolidated power over the region around 1320 BC, crushing a revolt in which the Seha River Land participated.
Zippalanda was a Hattic administrative and religious center of the Hittite Old Kingdom.Although its name was known from inscriptions, it was not until the latter 20th century that scholars placed it in Sorgun District of Yozgat Province, Turkey, near Kerkenes Dağ (Kerkenes Mountain often identified with Mount Daha (Mount Taha) [1]), about one day's journey north of Ankuwa (present-day ...
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