Polygonal megalithic masonry in Aladzha-Khuyuk (Turkey)
Ankara University expedition led by Professor Aykut Chinaroglu discovered an ancient fortress and a mysterious underground passage under it during excavations of the famous Hittite city of Aladzha-Huyuk. Recall that Aladzha-Khuyuk was the "abode of the gods", there were citadels and ancient buildings of the side of "civilizers", which suffered a crushing defeat during the "War of the Gods" (7050 - 5505 BC) … Traces of an old war with the use of nuclear weapons have also been found here.
In later times, Aladzha-Huyuk was not the capital of the Hittite state. This large fortress was located near the capital of Hattusa. The location of Aladzha-Khuyuk was so convenient that people lived here since the Copper-Stone Age, before the appearance of the Hittites, when the Hutt people lived here. However, the main findings date back to the period of the emergence of the mighty Hittite state, when the so-called "royal tombs" and powerful gates with sphinxes were discovered in Aladzha-Huyuk. Although the Hittites "settled" this place just because it was considered sacred - once the "gods" themselves lived here … And something has survived from those distant times.
Archaeologists began excavating the fortress more than a hundred years ago, in 1907, and for the last 55 years Aykut Chinaroglu has been working here. At the same time, as he happily told the journalist, for the first time in the entire period of excavations, he discovered an underground passage (the so-called "pot") here. The pottery was built about 2,300 years ago, in the later period. It starts near the gate to the sanctuary, but where it leads is not yet clear. Archaeologists have already cleared 23 meters of the passage, but obviously it is much longer. Usually such posterns connected the central citadel with the city, allowing you to discreetly get out of the fortress, but … options are possible.
A cuneiform tablet in which the king explained to the priests what they were supposed to do during the religious ceremony was found in the pot in Aladzha-Khuyuk. This gave scientists the opportunity to suggest that the underground passage may have been used for some sacred purpose.
Professor Chinaroglu hopes that other posters will be found in Aladzha-Huyuk. It is known that the Hittites built such underground passages.
But it is no less well known that the "gods" also built them, both in Egypt and in South America and other centers of civilization, marked by their presence …
