Karatepe

A late Hittite fortress

Site Id: 91
Locality: Osmaniye
Address: Aslantas
Coordinates: 37.31590522, 36.24859621
Period: Iron Age

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Karatepe (Turkish, 'Black Hill'; Hittite: Azatiwataya) is a late Hittite fortress and open-air museum in Osmaniye Province in southern Turkey lying at a distance of about 23 km from the district center of Kadirli. It is sited in the Taurus Mountains, on the right bank of the Ceyhan River. The site is contained within Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park. More on Wikipedia

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Maps of Karatepe archeological site, located in Osmaniye, Türkiye.

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