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Gölpınar Dam
40.2236° N, 34.7081° E
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The Gölpınar Dam, also known as the Alacahöyük Dam, is a Hittite dam from the second millennium BC, near Alaca Höyük in central Turkey.
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Attributed construction under Tudhaliya IV
c. 1240 BC
Initial modern discovery
1935
Excavation and restoration
2002–2007
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