THE SECRET OF THE GREEN STONE

THE SECRET OF THE GREEN STONE

By Aydanur Polatel

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara decided to begin a comprehensive scientific study of the mysterious Green Stone, an artifact that had been surrounded by legends for centuries.

The nearly cubic block of nephrite was discovered inside the ruins of the Great Temple in Hattusa, the ancient capital of the Hittite Empire. Yet no one knew where it had come from, why it had been brought there, or what purpose it had served. Despite years of research, these questions remained unanswered.

The only thing archaeologists knew for certain was its location. The stone had been found in a small room at the southern end of the Great Temple, a sanctuary believed to have been dedicated to the Sun Goddess and the Storm God Tarhunna. It rested just inside the entrance, beside the street that led out of the temple.

Over the years, thousands of visitors had touched the Green Stone, believing it to be a wishing stone. So many hands had brushed across its surface that it had become smooth and polished, almost as if it had been carefully carved that way.

But behind its quiet appearance, the Green Stone continued to guard its greatest secret. Its true origin and its real purpose remained an unsolved mystery.

To uncover the mystery once again, a team of specialists from the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara set out early one morning for Boğazkale, a district of Çorum. They traveled in an official museum vehicle assigned to the project.

After several hours on the road, the team arrived at Hattusa. Once all the necessary permits had been completed, the Green Stone was carefully lifted from its place and secured inside specially designed protective transport equipment before being loaded into the vehicle.

Later that same day, the stone was brought to Ankara and delivered to a laboratory that had been specially prepared for this research at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.

And so, a new journey had officially begun—one that would seek to uncover the secret of the Green Stone, a mystery that had remained unsolved for thousands of years.

After days, then months, of archaeological and scientific research, the team finally reached a surprising conclusion.

The Green Stone showed a series of images when its frequency was adjusted. That is,The Green Stone was not an independent sacred stone, as people had believed for generations. It had actually served as the pedestal of a magnificent statue that once stood inside the Great Temple of Hattusa.

As the investigation continued, even more remarkable discoveries came to light. The evidence suggested that when Hattusa was abandoned, the statue standing on the Green Stone had been deliberately broken apart. Its stone blocks were then removed from the temple and taken away to be reused in other structures, along with many of the temple’s architectural stones.

When the scientists carefully examined every image revealed by the Green Stone in the laboratory, they noticed an astonishing connection. The historic buildings of old Ankara shown by the stone might have been the very places where the statue’s stone blocks had been reused.

If that theory was true, the remains of the statue, shattered thousands of years ago, could still be hidden in different parts of Ankara.

With this possibility growing stronger, the research team decided to visit every location shown by the Green Stone and carry out a detailed field investigation.

For days, the images revealed by the Green Stone were examined over and over again. With every new analysis, it became clearer that the buildings of old Ankara had not appeared by chance. There was a connection linking them all.

Maps were spread across the table. Historic photographs, old city plans, and archive records were carefully compared one by one. The researchers discovered that every building shown in the visions had survived through the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods, although each had been repaired or altered over the centuries.

Even more intriguing, historical records showed that many of these buildings had been constructed or restored using stones brought from much older structures around Ankara.

For the first time, the images revealed by the Green Stone and the historical documents were supporting the same conclusion.

At the end of the meeting, the team reached a unanimous decision.

Every location shown by the Green Stone would be visited. Its walls, foundation stones, and later architectural additions would all be examined in detail.

If their theory was correct, the stones of the statue that had been broken apart thousands of years ago were still there, hidden within different buildings across Ankara.

The investigation was no longer confined to the laboratory.

From that moment on, the search would continue in the streets of Ankara.