The Results of The Recent Excavations at Domuztepe

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The citadel of Domuztepe, which lies in a key position in eastern Cilicia at the foot of the Anti-Taurus mountains on the road going up to Cappadocia, is directly opposite the fortress of Karatepe which has a strategic importance equal to that of Domuztepe. It is furthermore on a natural thickly wooded hill on the eastern bank of the Ceyhan River (Pyramus). It was here that the Karatepe Expedition, conducted by Professor Bossert, under the auspices of the Turkish Historical Society, the Turkish Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums and Istanbul University, carried out its first investigations in 1947 and further soundings in 1948. From these we have learned that there was a settlement here contemporary with King Asitawa(n)da-s of Karatepe (Asitawandawa), in the eighth century B. C, and also later settlements in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Domuztepe
• Hellenistic and Roman periods
• stanbul University
• Turkish Historical Society