Carchemish lies a few kilometers south of Birecik on the Euphrates River. Near the village of Barak on the west bank of the river can be found the few ruins of what was once the capital of one of the most powerful of the Hittite kingdoms. The […]
Read more →The site of Charchemish (Jerablus) is located on the west bank of the Euphrates River, straddling the modern Turkey-Syria border. The site consists of a citadel, an inner town, and an outer town. The citadel and inner town lie in Turkey, and most of the outer town, […]
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