Hittite Yazilikaya – A Lunisolar Calendar

This short introductory video helps visualizing how buildings, chambers and gates in Hattusa, the capital of the Late Bronze Age Hittite kingdom in today’s central Turkey, were astronomically aligned. Short time-lapse sequences emphasize the light-and-shadow effects, for instance at the time of the solstices. An artist’s reconstruction shows what the rock sanctuary Yazılıkaya might have looked like when it was in use.