City wall, Hattusa, Anatolia, Turkey

Reconstruction of the mud brick city wall, 65m long with 2 towers, at the dividing wall of the Lower City, originally built 14th century BC, Hittite, in the Hattusa archaeological site, near Bogazkale, Corum, Anatolia, Turkey. The defensive walls were built with 2 layers of mud brick wall, joined in casements on a stone base, filled with rubble. Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite empire, built in the late Bronze Age from c. 1650 BC, on an older Chalcolithic settlement founded 6th millennium BC. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1450-1180 Anatolian Bogazkale Corum Crenellated Crenellation Hattusa Hattusas Hattusha Hittite Turkiye

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