Temple of Hittites Discovered, 1930

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From the Evening Star, Washington DC, May 29, 1930

Ancient Temple of Hittites Is Found in Turkey KHIAVOURKALE, Turkey, May 29.–The University of Chicago Anatolian expedition has brought to Iight what is believed to have been an ancient temple of the stone worshiping Hittites, the race which peopled this desolate area 5,000 years ago. The excavation, made at the suggestion of  Ghazi Mustapha Kemal, constitutes one of the expedition’s most important Hittlte discoveries in its six years in Anatolia. The Ghazi asked the expedition to try Ghiavourkale before beginning its regular work at Aleshar on  June 1. Hence the Chicagoans went to Ghiavourkale May 23 and drew a test line east and west. By luck they bared a Cyclopean wall and path leading to what probably is a temple, as enormous reliefs of a Hittite king, priest and goddess were engraved on the exterior rock face.

 

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