Alalakh
Sign in to saveAlalakh (Tell Atchana; Hittite: Alalaḫ) is an ancient archaeological site approximately northeast of Antakya (historic Antioch) in what is now Turkey's Hatay Province. It flourished as an urban settlement in the Middle and Late Bronze Age, c. 2000–1200 BC. The city contained palaces, temples, private houses and fortifications. The remains of Alalakh have formed an extensive mound covering around 22 hectares. In the Late Bronze Age, Alalakh was the capital of the local kingdom of Mukiš.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.region
- Levant
- Ancient site.name
- Alalakh
- Ancient site.native_name
- Alalaḫ
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tell Atchana
- Ancient site.image
- Archaeological site of Alalakh (Tell Atchana).JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- Archaeological site of Alalakh (Tell Açana)
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Hatay Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.built
- c. 2200 BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- c. 600 BC
- Ancient site.excavations
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city-state
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Reyhanlı
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Archaeological site of Alalakh (Tell Atchana).JPG
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Middle Bronze Age
- Alalakh VIII
- Alalakh VII
- Late Bronze Age
- Alalakh V
- Alalakh IV
- Alalakh III and II
- Iron Age
- Archaeology
- Goddess Kubaba
- Genetics
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Alalakh (Tell Atchana; Hittite: Alalaḫ) is an ancient archaeological site approximately northeast of Antakya (historic Antioch) in what is now Turkey's Hatay Province. It flourished as an urban settlement in the Middle and Late Bronze Age, c. 2000–1200 BC. The city contained palaces, temples, private houses and fortifications. The remains of Alalakh have formed an extensive mound covering around 22 hectares. In the Late Bronze Age, Alalakh was the capital of the local kingdom of Mukiš.
The first palace was built around 2000 BC, and likely destroyed in the 12th century BC. The site was thought to have never been reoccupied after that, but archaeologist Timothy Harrison showed, in a (2022) lecture's graphic, it was inhabited also in Amuq Phases N-O, Iron Age, c. 1200–600 BC.