Travel Trivia Challenge #4
 

Name the capital of the Hittite Empire. Hint: it has two names.

Bogazkoy or Hattusha.

I think one must arise very early, so to speak, to find something that this audience, collectively, cannot answer. <BR>Provided, of course, that there is an answer. <BR>

The correct spelling is Boghazkoi or Hattusa. <BR>

You are correct; Boguzkale or Hattusas. <BR>Seeing how quickly you replied, perhaps I should come up with harder questions...or should we draw this to a merciful close? Your vote will count.

Sure do more... even if I don't understand the question or the answer. <BR>

To make this a little less mystifying for April and others, the Hittites were an ancient people mentioned in the Bible, but otherwise unknown for centuries. Then, in the 19th century, archaeologists working on a hill (kale=hill in Turkish) near the village of Boghazkoy (koy=village in Turkish) discovered that their site could certainly be linked with Hattusas, the Hittite's legendary capitol. So, now this huge, beautiful site is known under both names.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the site can easily be visited on a day trip from Ankara, Turkey.

Thanks, Martha. Guess I should go to Turkey one of these days. <BR>

Al, you come up with good ones, keep them coming! <BR> <BR>Martha B.'s sup info is pretty neat too! <BR> <BR>Al, are you sure there are no waterfalls in continental Europe?

Actually, there are several correct spellings for the city.

Having no good grasp of spelling, I salute your answer, Dan. In Turkish are several letters which we do not have in the English alphabet. So we spell many Turkish names and words phonetically. As a result, spellings will vary.