Boğazköy

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Boğazköy is an important archaeological site in central Turkey best known as the location of Hattusa, the former capital of the Hittite Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Boğazkale 3
Boğazköy canonical 3
Boğazkale (historically) 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
village
associatedWith Hittite Empire
Hittites
contains Boğazköy (Hattusa)
surface form: Hattusa
country Turkey
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute
excavationsBegan early 20th century
hasAlternativeName Boğazköy (Hattusa)
surface form: Boghazköy

Boğazköy
surface form: Boğazkale (historically)
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Bronze Age
Late Bronze Age
hasArchaeologicalSiteType ancient city ruins
hasDiscovery Hittite archives
surface form: Boğazköy cuneiform tablets
hasNearbyRiver Kızılırmak River
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer zone
knownFor Hittite archaeological remains
ruins of the Hittite capital Hattusa
languageEvidence Hittite
surface form: Hittite language
locatedIn Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Central Anatolia

Çorum Province
locatedNear Boğazköy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Boğazkale
near Boğazköy (Hattusa)
surface form: Hattusa

Yazılıkaya sanctuary
partOf Boğazkale District
region Anatolia
significance key site for study of Hittite civilization
major Near Eastern archaeological site
terrain hilly
wasCapitalOf Hittite Empire
writingSystemEvidence cuneiform script

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Hittite archives foundAt Boğazköy
Upper City locatedInOrNearModernSettlement Boğazköy
this entity surface form: Boğazkale
King’s Gate locatedIn Boğazköy
this entity surface form: Boğazkale
Boğazköy locatedNear Boğazköy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Boğazkale
Boğazköy hasAlternativeName Boğazköy
this entity surface form: Boğazkale (historically)
Çorum Province contains Boğazköy