Hattusa city of Hittites

this is in Turkey not too far from Ankara. I recommend visiting here to see the history of the Hittites that would be good to hire one of the local tourist guides waiting at the place where you pay for entrance.

Learning about Hittites

when I was in school somewhere I heard about the Hittites and so while I was learning about The Hittites they didn’t really come into focus until I visited this ancient city and castle in Turkey. The long history of this area is very interesting and I recommend stopping by for a couple hours, hiring one of the guides here, and learning about the people who occupied Hattusa thousands of years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites

Nice view
A great view of the area
Cast explanation
Explanation of the castle
Castle on the hill
Learning about the head tights from the castle, the highest point in the city
Stone Castle
A very extensive stone built complex
Ancient writing
Some ancient writing on the wall
Solar farm
An interesting place for a solar farm
Explanation of the area
Feature explanation
Explanation of some features
City entranceway
One entranceway to the city
King's gate
Kingsgate explanation
Yet to be excavated
You could see some remnants of ancient buildings which have yet to be completely excavated
Lionsgate
Below is Lionsgate because it has lions at the entrance
Restored lion artwork
Some of the artwork has been restored
A formidable lion
What it looked like originally
More foundations
Foundations waiting for further excavation
Underground entrance
An underground entranceway
Looks like a huge jadeite Stone
This huge stone looks very much like jadeite. It was used for ceremonies of some kind
Door foundation
This was a doorway foundation and you can still see the scratch markings where the door impacted the foundation as it opened and closed
Temple explanations
Some temple explanations
Temple one
More excavation
Excavation progress
City wall explanation
City wall rebuilding
Part of the city wall has been rebuilt
More foundations
Temple entrance
The temple entranceway artwork
Temple entrance explanation
The temple entrance explanation
No city nearby
This place is very remote
Mountain View
Beautiful Mountain View