Modern Military Blocking Access to Mount Hazzi

“As I suspected, I didn’t make it all the way up the Holy Mountain at around five kilometers from the summit. There is a checkpoint and some soldiers were there guarding it, which I suppose gives us the idea, the understanding that these places are still very structurally important.”

Source: Journeying · Mount Hazzi Episode XXXIV

A modern military checkpoint blocking a pilgrimage to the Hittites’ most sacred mountain on the Syria/Turkiye border. Sacred sites retain their strategic importance across millennia.

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