Lower Palace

This area has been and continues to be an area of intense excavation and restoration. Two temples and a palatial compound were found in the area. This urban scheme was first established around 1330 BC and lasted until the end of the Neo-Hittite Period in 717 BC. At that time, the Assyrians suppressed temple usage, but the palace remained in use.

Beginning in the tenth century the Neo Hittite rulers of Carchemish embellished the temples, public spaces, and the palace with all kinds of sculpted materials.  The public nature of the area continued into the Roman Period.