Royaumes oubliés, de l’empire hittite aux Araméens, Louvre, Paris, until 12 August. *A version of this article appears in print in the 12 September, 2019 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly* ...

Evidence Of Ancient High Technology At Hattusa In Turkey. Uncover advanced stone-cutting techniques in Hattusa, the ancient capital of the Hittite Empire#AncientTurkey#LostTechnology# ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in the north of Turkey. It was once the capital of the Hittite Empire, a great power in the late Bronze Age around 1650 to 1200 BC.

The Hittite Empire ruled much of Anatolia and what is now Syria from about 1650 until about 1200 B.C. Most famously, they fought Egypt for control of Canaan in 1274 B.C. at the Battle of Kadesh ...

Recently, studies on a Hittite version of the poem have opened new perspectives on its transmission and adaptation in the ancient world. Recent research has identified fragments of the epic on tablets ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that Tamil Nadu's Iron Age began as early as 3,345 BCE, predating the Hittite Empire's iron usage by a millennium. Radiometric dating of burial urn samples from ...

Earlier, people of the Hittite Empire (in today's Turkiye) were believed to be the first to use iron, in 1,380 BCE. "We have scientifically established that iron was introduced 5,300 years ago in ...

In his 2014 book about the late Bronze Age collapse, American archaeologist Eric Cline highlights the year 1177 BCE as a decisive moment when things significantly deteriorated. However, as he ...

Archaeologists discovered a royal seal from the ancient Hittite Empire that warns of death if a contract is broken. Contracts during this time often had consequences if broken, but death as a ...

What We Can Learn From Ancient History (and What We Can’t) Two new books take very different approaches to the study of humanity’s origins.

Archaeologists think Büklükale in central Turkey, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of the modern city of Ankara, was a major city of the Hittite Empire more than 3,000 years ago.

With the advent of Christianity, Byzantine hymns and religious music left an indelible mark on the musical landscape. As the Byzantine Empire crumbled, the influx of Turkic tribes brought new ...