Postern gate, Rampart of Yerkapi, Hattusa, Anatolia, Turkey
Postern gate entrance, leading to a 71m long underground tunnel, 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
50897421
Media ID
50897421
Size
8268px x 5737px
(22.9MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2026
