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Central Anatolia, Turkey's volcanic heart
Central Anatolia, Turkey's volcanic heart
South of Turkey's capital Ankara you can find some of the most astonishing landscapes of the planet. Here, in Cappadocia, soft volcanic tuff has been sculpted into fantastic shapes by millennia of erosion: huge pillars and mushrooms, valleys of "folded paper" and tuff cones in which early Christians carved their vibrantly painted churches. A stark contrast is provided by the barren salt flats of Tuz Gülö and the austere capital of the ancient Hittites: Hattusha.
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'Yazilikaya rock temple-1.'
The Small Gallery in the Hittite rock temple of Yazilikaya has some fine reliefs dating from the 13th century BC. The image to the right shows the god Sarruma (with high hat) embracing king Tudhaliyas IV, whose head is badly damaged and is hardly visible anymore. To the left is the representation of a large sword, which has a pommel in the shape of a god's head, probably Nergal, god of the underworld. Yazilikaya, consisting of natural rock galleries, open to the sky, was the national sanctuary of the Hittite Empire and is located near the Hittite capital of Hattusha (north of Yozgat). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Yazilikaya rock temple-1.'
The Small Gallery in the Hittite rock temple of Yazilikaya has some fine reliefs dating from the 13th century BC. The image to the right shows the god Sarruma (with high hat) embracing king Tudhaliyas IV, whose head is badly damaged and is hardly visible anymore. To the left is the representation of a large sword, which has a pommel in the shape of a god's head, probably Nergal, god of the underworld. Yazilikaya, consisting of natural rock galleries, open to the sky, was the national sanctuary of the Hittite Empire and is located near the Hittite capital of Hattusha (north of Yozgat). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Yazilikaya rock temple-1.'
The Small Gallery in the Hittite rock temple of Yazilikaya has some fine reliefs dating from the 13th century BC. The image to the right shows the god Sarruma (with high hat) embracing king Tudhaliyas IV, whose head is badly damaged and is hardly visible anymore. To the left is the representation of a large sword, which has a pommel in the shape of a god's head, probably Nergal, god of the underworld. Yazilikaya, consisting of natural rock galleries, open to the sky, was the national sanctuary of the Hittite Empire and is located near the Hittite capital of Hattusha (north of Yozgat). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Yazilikaya rock temple-1.'
The Small Gallery in the Hittite rock temple of Yazilikaya has some fine reliefs dating from the 13th century BC. The image to the right shows the god Sarruma (with high hat) embracing king Tudhaliyas IV, whose head is badly damaged and is hardly visible anymore. To the left is the representation of a large sword, which has a pommel in the shape of a god's head, probably Nergal, god of the underworld. Yazilikaya, consisting of natural rock galleries, open to the sky, was the national sanctuary of the Hittite Empire and is located near the Hittite capital of Hattusha (north of Yozgat). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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