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Alışar Höyük

Alishar Hüyük (also Alişar Höyük) in modern Yozgat Province, Turkey was an ancient city in Central Anatolia.

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Alışar Höyük
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Alishar Hüyük (also Alişar Höyük) in modern Yozgat Province, Turkey was an ancient city in Central Anatolia. It is 2.5 kilometers northeast of the modern village of Alişar. It has been suggested that in the Iron Age the site was part of the polity of Tabal. Its name in the Hittite period has been proposed as Ankuwa. Ankuwa

was a cult center for the Hattic goddess Kataḫḫa.

Text: Wikipedia (English), CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Location and names: Wikidata (CC0)

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The closest 8 places around Alışar Höyük; sorted without regard to province borders.

Sibora

Ancient City · Sorgun / Yozgat10.4 km

Pteria

Ancient City · Sorgun / Yozgat23 km

Kerkenes

Archaeological Site · Sorgun / Yozgat23.2 km

Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.

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