Samuha

Samuha
	Settlement mound as seen from the west
	Shown within Turkey
Location	Sivas Province, Turkey
Region	Anatolia
Coordinates	39°36′52″N 36°31′02″E / 39.61444°N 36.51722°E
Type	Settlement
History
Cultures	Hittite
Site notes
Condition	In ruins

Šamuḫa is an ancient settlement near the village of Kayalı Pinar, c. 40 km west of Sivas, in the Sivas Province of Turkey. Located on the northern bank of Kizil Irmak river, it was a city of the Hittites, a religious centre and, for a few years, a military capital for the empire. Samuha's faith was syncretistic. Rene Lebrun in 1976 called Samuha the "religious foyer of the Hittite Empire".