The Green Stone of Hittite kingdom

Within the ruins of Hattusa, as soon as capital metropolis of the Hittite kingdom, situated close to Boğazkale in Türkiye, you will discover a phenomenal inexperienced stone of serpentinite or nephrite (jade).

Nobody is aware of what this stone was used for but it surely presumably had some spiritual significance, since it’s situated inside a storeroom in a temple advanced. It’s sometimes called the “want stone” by locals. Based on archeologist Andreas Schachner : “The inexperienced stone could be very totally different from different stones on this archaeological website and that’s the reason it’s attracting such an consideration.” Such a stone is discovered within the space, however what makes this explicit stone attention-grabbing is its location inside Hattusa.

Not solely is it lovely to have a look at, however the truth that there’s just one such stone in all of Hattusa makes this one of the vital enigmatic elements of the whole metropolis. Up to now, archaeologists have didn’t give you an evidence. However as cultures all over the world have lengthy used jade for sacred artwork and non secular rituals, particularly these involving water and rain, it absolutely had some kind of cult operate. At the moment, many individuals visiting Hattusa like to put their palms over it whereas making a want.