Zincirli Höyük
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- 716 BC
- Founded
- 2999 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.104, 36.679
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: former country and archaeological site in Islahiye, Gaziantep, Turkey
History
Zincirli Höyük is an archaeological site located in the Anti-Taurus Mountains of modern Turkey's Gaziantep Province. During its time under the control of the Neo-Assyrian Empire it was called, by them, Sam'al. It was founded at least as far back as the Early Bronze Age and thrived between 3000 and 2000 BC, and on the highest part of the upper mound was found a walled citadel of the Middle Bronze Age.