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Yazılıkaya is a Hittite rock sanctuary located about 1.5 kilometres northeast of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. It is the largest known Hittite rock monument. The sanctuary consisted of a temple-like building and two open-air chambers cut into the bedrock. In the 13th century BCE, the Yazılıkaya sanctuary served as a place for the celebration of the arrival of the New Year each spring.
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Raddato, C. (2019, April 04). Yazilikaya Hittite Rock Sanctuary. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10365/yazilikaya-hittite-rock-sanctuary/
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