They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a forgotten superpower. A procession of gods ...

Three years of minimal rain could have forced the ancient civilization to abandon its capital — and perhaps triggered the empire’s ultimate collapse. The ancient Anatolian empire of the Hittites ...

Archaeological research in the Middle East is revealing how a long-forgotten ancient civilisation used previously undiscovered linguistics to promote multiculturalism and political stability. The ...

The powerful Hittite Empire was rival to Egypt until it disappeared. A new study may explain why. Carved stone lions flank a gate at the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusa in central Turkey. The ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists working at the Boğazköy-Hattusha site in Turkey, the ancient capital of the Hittite empire, have uncovered a new language inscribed on a tablet. This ...