Aslantepe Tumulus

Aslantepe Tumulus (Turkish: Aslantepe Höyüğü), also spelled as Arslantepe, is a 5,000 year-old tumulus located in Malatya Province, Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.

[1] The unearthed king's palace is an open-air museum,[2] while the artifacts are exhibited in Malatya Museum.

[3] Aslantepe Tumulus is located near Orduzu village of Battalgazi district, 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of Malatya.

[4] It dates back to Chalcolithic period and late Hittite period.

Excavations started in 1932, and carried out by Italian archaeologists.

Carving of "Two lionmen" (1,200 BCE) at the entrance of Aslantepe ruins area in Battalgazi, Malatya, Turkey