卡尔凯美什（），又译卡尔基米什、卡赫美士，《圣经》和合本译作迦基米施，思高本译作加革米士，西亚古城，位于今土耳其和叙利亚之间的边境地区。该城于米坦尼、赫梯以及亚述等历史时代均产生了重要影响。约公元前2400年前后（青铜时代早期）即见于文献记载，约公元前1800年成为重要的木材贸易中心。亦凭借其特殊的地理位置而成为古代埃及与西亚诸国争斗的焦点。公元前605年的埃及与新巴比伦王国的卡赫美士战役即发生于此。该遗址于19世纪后期由英国考古学家对此进行了勘察与发掘，大量有关亚述、赫梯时期的建筑以及铭文石刻得以确认。
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扩展阅读
Nicolò Marchetti et al., Karkemish on the Euphrates: Excavating a City's History, in Near Eastern Archaeology* 75/3 (2012), pp. 132–147 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5615/neareastarch.75.issue-3 )
David Ussishkin, Observations on Some Monuments from Carchemish, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies* 26/2 (1967), pp. 87–92.
C. W. Ceram, The Secret of the Hittites: The Discovery of an Ancient Empire*. Phoenix Press (2001), ISBN 1-84212-295-9.
J. D. Hawkins, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions I/1*. de Gruyter, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-11-010864-4.
David M. Wilson, The British Museum, a history*. The British Museum Press, London, 2002.
外部链接
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141022002653/http://www.magazine.unibo.it/NR/rdonlyres/CC16780F-DB51-42CF-8C5E-005EE3A49D3E/235661/Karkemishprogram.pdf Activities of the joint Turkish-Italian Archaeological Mission (in Italian)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091019215118/http://geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7987/carche_1.html Carchemish]
*[http://www.hittitemonuments.com/karkamis/ Carchemish images]
*[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=0318114349461-2011-03-18 Ancient city to rise in SE Turkey area cleared of mines]
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