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Oymaağaç Mound

27 cuneiform tablets providing information about the sacred Hittite city of Nerik have been discovered at Oymaağaç Mound

27 cuneiform tablets providing information about Nerik, the sacred city dedicated to the Hittites’ chief god Tešup, have been discovered at Oymaağaç Mound. Oymaağaç Mound is located in the Vezirköprü district of Samsun today. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Yılmaz, a faculty member in the Department of Archaeology at Ondokuz Mayıs University and the Deputy

The remnants of the Iron Age are being searched for in Nerik, the sacred city of the Hittites

The remnants of the Iron Age are being searched for in Nerik, the sacred city of the Hittites

In Nerik, an important religious city of the Hittite Empire, remains from the Iron Age are being searched for. Nerik is located at the Oymaağaç Mound, situated 7 kilometers northwest of the Vezirköprü district in Samsun province of present-day Turkey. Established by the Hattians, one of the oldest civilizations of Anatolia, around 3500 years ago,