Bogazkale Travel Guide

 WulfstanTraveller Says:  The King's Gate is another monumental gate in Hattusa. About as well-known and significant as the Lion Gate, it had a large deep relief of a warrior/king-like figure. Unlike the other gate, this sculpture has been taken to the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations in Ankara,... 

 WulfstanTraveller Says:  Near the Sphinx Gate in the walls of Hattusa is a postern gate, a small gate to allow those in the city to make forays outside the walls or allow people in without using a more vulnerable main gate during times of attack. It is nicely intact and very impressive, a long,... 

 WulfstanTraveller Says:  One of the most significant, and famous, sites in Hattusa itself is the Lion Gate. This monumental gate is still partly intact and flanked by its two large carved lion statues, although the arch over the top has gone. The lions even now are in good condition with details... 

 WulfstanTraveller Says:  Yazilikaya, a Turkish name meaning "Inscripted Rock," is the sanctuary for the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusa. It is a short distance from the city ruins themselves and is today a separate site. Although small, this site is incredibly impressive and atmospheric. Hattusa... 

 WulfstanTraveller Says:  Hattusa, just on the edge of Bogazkale, is the ruins of the ancient Hittite capital, roughly 3,500 years old. This empire was at the time extremely powerful. It not only controlled most of Anatolia, but also vanquished Old Babylonia, its army sacking Bablyon in about 1596... 

 Arkeolog Says:  I'm really impressed and excited at yazilikaya during my trip to Corum. It was january, no mobs of tourists, sunny weather, me and gods&goddesses of The Hittites'...The northwest of the Hattusas historical site was the Open Air Shrine of the Hittite Empire. It consists of a... 

 Arkeolog Says:  The Upper City was (as the name suggests) placed on high ground, but for its defence the Hittites could not rely on cliffs and therefore they had to build a very long wall along its southern side. The Lion Gate stands in its western section: two rectangular towers flanked... 

 WulfstanTraveller Says:  Bogazkale is a fairly short, easy drive from Ankara. From Kizilay itself, in the heart of Ankara, we arrived at Bogazkale in our minivan in just about 2 hours, 45 minutes. The roads are good, especially east of Kirikkale, with a multi-lane divided highway althe way until the... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  I’ve seen this amusing warning sign in Yazilikaya. It must have been meant: don’t climb up the rocks or 1000 gods of Hattusas will throw you down, haha! 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has one of the most representative collections in Russia of foreign art dated from ancient times to modern days. You may see Cappadokian Cuneiforms (from famous Golenishev’s collection), tablets and seals (the first half of the II... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Egypto-Hittite Peace Treaty (c. 1258 BC) between Hattusili III and Ramesses II after the Battle of Kadesh is the best known early written peace treaty.The Kadesh peace agreement on the Cuneiform Tablet is on display at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum (and I’ve seen and took... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  In 1834 Charles Texier discovers the ruins of Hattusha. Believing he has found Pteria, a city of the Medes, he makes drawings of reliefs at Yazýlýkaya and some of the city ruins, and prepares a rough plan of the city. In 1836 William J. Hamilton makes a day's excursion to...