File:YAZILIKAYA, Hattusha, Boğazköy, Çorum, Turkey 29.jpg

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3200-year-old sanctuary may be described as the Sistine Chapel of Hittite religious art. The deities carved in limestone near the ancient city of Hattusa may have functioned as a sophisticated calendar.

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English: UNESCO World Heritage List. The famous rock sanctuary of YAZILIKAYA, which is an open-air temple with two natural chambers cut into the bedrock, lies 2 km northeast of the capital, on a slope of a mountain barrier. The walls of the rock chambers are covered with the richest and most striking samples of Hittite relief art, featuring gods and goddesses and the figures of the Great King Tuthaliya IV.
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