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The best-kept grave at the Hittite capital
Top Image: The Lion Gate at Hattusa, the ancient capital of the Hittite Empire in central Türkiye. The newly discovered 2,300-year-old cemetery lies within the much older archaeological landscape of the former Hittite capital. Source:(Murat Özsoy/CC BY-SA 4.0)

The best-kept grave at the Hittite capital

Hattusa, Turkey. about 2,300 years ago. Greece and Rome. Known. Free

Known. One stone grave at Hattusa is the best preserved of this type found there so far.

The graves are at Hattusa, in central Turkey, once the Hittite capital. These graves are not from the Hittite age. They date from the late 4th century BC to the 3rd century BC, about 2,300 years ago. The best-kept tomb has a ring of stone about seven metres across, and an inner stone grave big enough for an adult. The skeleton was mostly intact. A knife lay by the right shoulder.

The page says it is not yet known whether the knife was a grave gift, or whether the person was a man.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-find-best-preserved-tomb-yet-00103080