Ancient site· Ortaköy, Çorum

Şapinuva

Şapinuva is a ancient site in Ortaköy, Çorum; Şapinuva (Sapinuwa) is a Bronze Age Hittite city at modern Ortaköy in Çorum Province, about 70 km east of the Hittite capital Hattusa.

Şapinuva
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Şapinuva (Sapinuwa) is a Bronze Age Hittite city at modern Ortaköy in Çorum Province, about 70 km east of the Hittite capital Hattusa. It was one of the major Hittite religious and administrative centres, a military base, and an occasional residence of several Hittite kings.

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Highlights

  • Architectural remains from antiquity
  • The layered history of Anatolian civilizations

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