The rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya is one of the most important ritual sites of the Late Bronze Age in Turkey. Its walls are decorated with unique rock-cut reliefs: over ninety male and female deities, animals and mythical beings – more than half of all known Hittite reliefs.
The sanctuary once lay on the outskirts of Hattuša, capital of the Hittite Empire, in central Anatolia. The German Archaeological Institute has been excavating here since 1931 and the rock sanctuary of Yazılıkaya h ...