Add to ORKGThe bases of the two towers by the Sphinx Gate that are decorated with several orthostats. Most of the reliefs and sphinxes date to 14th century BC. An important city in pre-Hittite times, Alacahöyük was overshadowed by the nearby capital Hattusa of the Hittites after the Hittite conquest. Alacahöyük located 36 km to the northeast of the Hattusa (Boğazköy), in the Çorum province of Turkey. Although the most important findings are the artifacts from the pre-Hittite royal tombs dating from about 2500 BC, the outstanding monuments today are from the Hittite period. The sphinxes and orthostats are replaced with replicas and the originals are housed in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.135 film (36×24 mm