WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The archaeological site at Turkey’s Boğazköy-Hattusha, the former capital of the Bronze Age Hittite empire, is a hotbed of ancient ...
One of the most tangible examples is the survival of large ceramic bathtubs associated with Hittite-period contexts. A photographed terracotta tub from Kültepe (Old-Hittite, 19th or 18th century BC) ...
To the locals in Boğazkale, central Turkey, the smooth green boulder lying in the nearby ruins of an ancient temple has magical powers. It is a wishing stone, granting whomever places their hands upon ...
The collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from war with other territories to internal strife. Now, scientists have used tree ring and isotope ...
A three-year-drought may have led to the fall of the Hittite empire in the Middle East 3000 years ago. The finding comes from analysing timber used to make the burial chamber of a later ruler, who may ...
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 ...
Suppiluliuma, the Defender, was the last Great King of the Hittite Empire. He has but one aim and that is to rebuild and defend Hatti from insurgents both from within and outside of his borders. As ...
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