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The Great Temple at Hattusha Aug 4th 2011, 10:00 The Great Temple at Hattusha was probably built by Hattusili III (ruled ca. 1265-1235 BC), during the height of the Hittite Empire. This powerful ruler is best remembered for his treaty with the Egyptian New Kingdom pharaoh, Ramses II. The Temple Complex held a double wall enclosing the temples and a tememos, or large sacred precinct around the temple including an area of some 1400 square meters. This area eventually included several smaller temples, sacred pools, and shrines. The temple area had paved streets connecting the major temples, room clusters, and store rooms. Temple I is called the Great Temple, and it was dedicated to the Storm-God. The temple itself measures some 42x65 meters. A large building complex of many rooms, its base course was built of dark green gabbro in contrast to the remainder of the buildings at Hattusa (in gray limestone). The entry way was through the gate house, which included guard rooms; it has been reconstructed and can be seen in the background of this photograph. The inner courtyard was paved with limestone slabs. In the foreground are the base courses of storage rooms, marked by ceramic pots still set into the ground. Source: Peter Neve. 2000. "The Great Temple in Boghazkoy-Hattusa." Pp. 77-97 in Across the Anatolian Plateau: Readings in the Archaeology of Ancient Turkey. Edited by David C. Hopkins. American School of Oriental Research, Boston.

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