Karatepe

Karatepe (Turkish, 'Black Hill'; ; ) is a Neo-Hittite fortress and open-air museum in Osmaniye Province in southern Turkey lying at a distance of about 23 km from the district center of Kadirli. It is sited in the Taurus Mountains, on the right bank of the Ceyhan River. The site is contained within Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park.

==History== ===Iron Age I=== thumb|A Hittite lion statue at the Karatepe Museum