{"id":65316,"date":"2024-08-03T01:38:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T05:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=65316"},"modified":"2024-07-05T16:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T20:40:37","slug":"hattusha-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2024\/08\/03\/hattusha-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Hattusha&#8211; Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>There are some significant tunnels in the upper city, one of which has interesting paintings in it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_130031.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65319\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_130031.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_115111-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65325\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_115111-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_115633-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65328\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_115633-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_115700-scaled.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65322\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_115700-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But surely the most intriguing is the secret chamber with Luwian hieroglyphics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_123400-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65346\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_123400-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_123441-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_141239.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65484\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_141239.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_123407-scaled.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65331\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/thumbnail_20240613_123407-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the fall of the Hittite empire, the site continued to be inhabited and used, with some other group of people building a southern fortress, the remains of which can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_123242-scaled.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65364\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_123242-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_123055-scaled.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-65367\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_123055-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside the perimeter there is another inscription, Luwian put this one is not pictographic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_122603.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65370\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2024\/08\/thumbnail_20240613_122603.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve saved the best for last, the contents of Chambers A and B on top of the mountain, in our next post.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some significant tunnels in the upper city, one of which has interesting paintings in it. 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