Boğazköy

Boğazköy, village in Corum Province, east of Ankara, Turkey. The site of Boğazköy was occupied by several ancient cities, including Pteria, a city of ancient Cappadocia, and Hattusha, capital of the Hittite Empire in the 2nd millennium bc. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Pteria was the scene of a defeat inflicted by the Persian King Cyrus the Great on King Croesus of Lydia in the 6th century bc. Numerous ruins, including those of a vast temple, are in the surrounding region. Archaeological discoveries made in the vicinity since 1906 include about 10,000 documents in cuneiform that have provided valuable information on the civilization of the Hittites. The remains of Hattusha were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.