SİVAS A rare Late Hittite artifact known as the İspekçir Stele is on display at the Sivas Archaeology Museum , offering a glimpse into four generations of Hittite lineage through hieroglyphic inscriptions and carved figures. Discovered in 1907 in the village of İspekçir, near the Tohma River between Malatya and Darende, the basalt stele dates back to the Late Hittite period (1200–700 B.C.). The artifact, nearly two meters tall and shaped like a rectangular prism, features three decorated sides