Tyana
It was the capital of a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC.
| Site Id: | 398 |
| Locality: | Niğde |
| Address: | Kemerhisar, Niğde, İç Anadolu Bölgesi, 51730, Türkiye |
| Coordinates: | 37.8227532, 34.5730463 |
| Period: | Iron Age |
Attribution: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, with CC BY-SA 2.0 license, original file:Tyana%2C_Cappadocia%2C_Turkey_%2823777570238%29.jpg
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Tyana (Ancient Greek: Τύανα), earlier known as Tuwana during the Syro-Hittite period, and Tuwanuwa under the Hittite Empire, was an ancient city in the Anatolian region of Cappadocia, in modern Kemerhisar, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia, Turkey. It was the capital of a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC. More on Wikipedia
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Attribution: Klaus-Peter Simon, with CC BY-SA 3.0 license, original file:NigdeMuseumTyana.jpg
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Attribution: Klaus-Peter Simon, with CC BY-SA 3.0 license, original file:TyanaAqu%C3%A4dukt3.jpg
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