When archaeologists unearthed a vast tablet archive at Hattusa, a lost empire suddenly gained a voice of its own. This chapter follows the decipherment, then steps inside the Hittite Old Kingdom, its ...

In addition to the Hittite capital Hattusa the book includes detailed study, pictures and plans of some other sites like Yazılıkaya, Alaca Höyük, Kanes/Nesa (Kültepe) and Sarissa(Kuşaklı Höyük). The ...

Thousands of cuneiform tablets trace their origins to the Hittites. Learn more about the Hittite Empire and what its linguistic texts reveal. The Hittites wrote, and they wrote a lot. In their home ...

To understand the Hittites, you have to start with the Hatti, their towns along the Red River, their far-reaching trade, and the pressure of empires at the edges. This chapter follows the invasions, ...

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 ...

BOGAZKALE - Turkey's Anatolia is, from the beginning of human history, a crossroads for many civilizations, the most significant of which are the Hittites whose glorious capital Hattusa was the heart ...

When I was in college, I took a graduate-level seminar on the language of the Hittites, a Bronze Age people of Anatolia. I was interested in their highly archaic Indo-European argot, both the oldest ...

07:30, Tue, Apr 13, 2021 Updated: 07:30, Tue, Apr 13, 2021 Although most people consider the Bible a source of spiritual guidance and wisdom, there are those who think scripture serves as a documented ...

Rolling over enemies, the Hittite fleet looked unstoppable when they fought Egypt in the biggest chariot battle ever. A stone relief depicts a chariot crushing an enemy. It was created in the tenth to ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed an ornately carved 2,800-year-old elephant tusk in what may have once been an Iron Age "center of power." The ivory carving features a mythical sphinx — a human ...