Arslantepe
Sign in to savethumb|A Hittite lion from the Neo-Hittite era (1180-700 BC) at the entrance to the ruins of Arslantepe. thumb|A Hittite relief of a libation to Tiwaz and Arma from the ruins of Arslantepe at the [[Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.]] Arslantepe, also known as Melid, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains. It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near Malatya, Turkey.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Melid
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Malatya Province
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1932-1939, 1946-1951, 1961-1968
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Louis Delaporte, Claude F.A. Schaeffer, Piero Meriggi, Salvatore M. Puglisi, Alba Palmieri
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
- Ancient site.designation1
- WHS
- Ancient site.designation1_offname
- Arslantepe Mound
- Ancient site.designation1_criteria
- (iii)
- Ancient site.designation1_date
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Battalgazi district
- Area
- +74.07
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Arslantepe7.jpg
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Late Chalcolithic
- Early Bronze
- Late Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Archaeology
- Early swords and metal trade
- Expansion of Kura–Araxes and trade in ores
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
thumb|A Hittite lion from the Neo-Hittite era (1180-700 BC) at the entrance to the ruins of Arslantepe. thumb|A Hittite relief of a libation to Tiwaz and Arma from the ruins of Arslantepe at the [[Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.]] Arslantepe, also known as Melid, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains. It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near Malatya, Turkey.
It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Arslantepe Mound in 2021. As of 2025 it is closed for maintenance.