Šamuḫa

Samuha
Settlement mound as seen from the west
Location within Turkey
39°37′10″N 36°31′41″E
Type	Settlement
Cultures	Hittite
Location	Sivas Province, Turkey
Region	Anatolia
Site notes
Condition	In ruins

Šamuḫa is an ancient Bronze Age settlement near the village of Kayalıpınar, Yıldızeli, c. 40 km west of Sivas, in the Sivas Province of Turkey. It was a city of the Hittites, a religious centre and, for a few years, a military capital for the empire. It is located on the northern bank of the Kizil Irmak river, which was called Marassanta by the Hittites and Halys during the classical era. Samuha's faith was syncretistic. Rene Lebrun in 1976 called Samuha the "religious foyer of the Hittite Empire".