Boğazköy (Hattusa)

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient city archaeological site

Boğazköy (Hattusa) is the archaeological site of the ancient Hittite capital in central Anatolia, renowned for its extensive cuneiform tablet archives that are key to the study of Anatolian languages.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hattusa	5
Hattusha	1
Yazılıkaya sanctuary	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName	Boğazköy (Hattusa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hattusa
associatedWithPeople	Hittite Empire ⓘ surface form: Hittites
capitalOf	Hatti ⓘ Hittite Empire ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
discoveredBy	Charles Texier ⓘ
excavatedBy	German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
firstSurveyedIn	1834 ⓘ
floruit	2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
hasPart	Great Temple ⓘ King’s Gate ⓘ Lion Gate ⓘ Lower City ⓘ Sphinx Gate ⓘ Upper City ⓘ Boğazköy (Hattusa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yazılıkaya sanctuary Yerkapı rampart ⓘ city walls ⓘ royal citadel ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor	Hittite laws ⓘ surface form: Hittite law codes Hittite royal archives ⓘ cuneiform tablet archives ⓘ international treaties ⓘ religious texts ⓘ study of Anatolian languages ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Akkadian ⓘ Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ surface form: Hittite Hurrian ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: central Anatolia Çorum Province ⓘ
locatedInValleyOf	Kızılırmak River bend ⓘ
locatedNear	modern village of Boğazkale ⓘ
period	Bronze Age ⓘ
region	Anatolia ⓘ
significance	key site for study of ancient Near Eastern diplomacy ⓘ key site for understanding Hittite civilization ⓘ
systematicExcavationsBegan	1906 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(i) ⓘ (ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	1986 ⓘ
writingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ