Beside the town of Sakçagoz are five old settlement mounds, where excavations have revealed 12 levels of occupation dating from the Stone Age to the 1st Century AD.
Finds on the smallest mound include the remains of a palace, with an ante-room and defensive wall, as well as sphinxes and stone blocks carved with reliefs that date to the 8th century BC (now on display in Ankara's Museum of Anatolian Civilizations).
