Sirkeli Höyük (1992–1996)

Between 1992 and 1996, the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology of LMU Munich carried out excavations at Sirkeli Höyük, a Bronze and Iron Age site in Plain Cilicia located in the south of present-day Turkey. The site is particularly known for the relief of the Hittite king Muwattalli II., which is still the oldest clearly datable Hittite rock relief. It was to be the last excavation under the direction of Barthel Hrouda. Even though the results attracted little attention at the time, they provide the basis for the current Swiss-Turkish research project working at the site.