Warriors of Anatolia. A Concise History of the Hittites - Trevor Bryce

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complex of mudbrick buildings similar to other buildings located in
various parts of the Upper City. Comparable in concept, though
with many variations in detail, these buildings were temples, sacred
structures wherein were housed the statues of the‘thousand gods’of
Hatti (or at least some of them).


Figure 21.5 Acropolis, Hattusa.


Figure 21.6 Temple of the Storm God, Hattusa.


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