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!!!Hattian Graves at Alaca Höyük

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Later on the Hittites took over power and expanded Alaca Höyük to a commercial center. The entrance to the city is decorated with detailed reliefs showing the royal couple at a ceremony in honor of the weather god. They are accompanied by a procession of priests, acrobats, musicians and sacrificial animals.
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Später übernahmen die Hethiter die Macht und bauten Alaca Höyük zur Handelsstadt aus. Den Zugang zieren detailreiche Reliefs, die das hethitische Königspaar bei Zeremonien zu Ehren des Wettergottes zeigen, begleitet von einer Prozession aus Priestern, Akrobaten, Musikern und Opfertieren.
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