King's Gate, Hattusa, Anatolia, Turkey

King's Gate, inner side, an entrance in the southeast city wall which originally had parabolic arch gates flanked by towers, at Hattusa archaeological site, near Bogazkale, Corum, Anatolia, Turkey. On the left is a warrior relief (copy, original in Ankara Museum of Ancient Civilisations). 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 Hattusa Hattusas Hattusha Hittite Parabolic Turkiye

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