Relief showing a scene from a deer hunt, 9th century BC, Neo-Hittite kingdom of Milid (modern-day Malatya, Turkey). (Musée du Louvre) In around 1200 BC, the Near East was dominated by a group of ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 1200 BC, human civilization experienced a harrowing setback with the near-simultaneous demise or diminishment of several important empires in the Middle East and eastern ...

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 ...

A reconstruction of a painted fresco depicting the Battle of Kadesh between the Egyptian Empire and the Hittite Empire. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images From around ...

I. The enigma of their existence -- 1. Discovery and wild surmise -- Leander swan from Asia to Europe -- What was known about the Hittites in A.D. 1871 -- What is known today -- Asia Minor: A winter ...

Researchers think a sacred language inscribed in cuneiform on the tablet suggest the Hittite king visited or lived where the tablet was found in Turkey. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

This is the glorious story of the Hittites - the most powerful people in the Near East of their time. Narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons, "The Hittites" brings the fascinating history of ...

A new language has been discovered in a UNESCO World Heritage Site being excavated in northern Turkey, according to a news release from the University of Würzburg. The area being excavated is Boğazköy ...

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