Postern gate, Hattusa, Anatolia, Turkey
Postern gate, a 71m long underground tunnel lined with limestone blocks, in the rampart of Yerkapi, an embankment 250x80x15m in size, topped with city walls and Sphinx Gate, at Hattusa archaeological site, near Bogazkale, Corum, Anatolia, Turkey. 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
Picture No
50448002
Media ID
50448002
Size
6201px x 8268px
(20.7MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2026
