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Kerkenes and the Sorgun mounds: from the Hittites to the Iron Age

A route from Uşaklı Höyük, with its monumental Hittite buildings, to Kerkenes, encircled by 7 km of walls and thought to be Herodotus's Pteria; it ends on the Kanak Suyu plain at Çadır Höyük, dating back to 5200 BC, and Alişar Höyük, visited by Assyrian merchants.

Estimated duration
~3 h 45 min
Straight-line distance (estimate)
~30 km
Getting around
By car
Stops
4 stops

Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.

Safety and caution

Do not enter the excavation trenches on the mounds. The terrain at Kerkenes is rough and shadeless; carry plenty of water in summer.

Route map

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Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Stops

  1. 1

    Start

    Mound (höyük)

    Uşaklı Höyük

    Sorgun, Yozgat

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  2. 2

    ~7.2 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Ancient city

    Kerkenes (Pteria) Archaeological Site

    Sorgun, Yozgat

    ~7.2 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  3. 3

    ~10 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Mound (höyük)

    Çadır Höyük

    Sorgun, Yozgat

    ~10.43 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  4. 4

    ~13 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Mound (höyük)

    Alişar Höyük

    Sarıkaya, Yozgat

    ~12.8 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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