Lidar

settlement · 9000 BC – 500 BC · location approximate

Lidar or Lidar Höyük is an archaeological site located in southeastern Anatolia, to the northwest of Sanliurfa, Türkiye, and just southwest of the village of Lidar (district of Bozova). This settlement mound measured roughly 200x240 meters and stood 25 m high. Its remains are now inundated by the Atatürk Dam.

Lidar
Coordinates
37.47330, 38.48060
Also known as
Lidar Höyük (tr), Lidar Höyüğü, Lidar Hüyük (tr), Lidar Hüyüğü, Lidar Huyughu, Lidar Höyüğü, Lidar Hüyük, Lidarhöyük (tr), Ḫaḫḫum, Khakkhum (akk)
Dating
attested

Sources

See Lidar on the map →

Lidar — Ancient Maps