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Complete 2,300-Year-Old Skeleton Found at Hattusa with Knife Beside the Shoulder
Archaeologists at Hattusa have uncovered a 2,300-year-old burial containing a complete human skeleton, with a knife lying beside the deceased’s right shoulder. The grave was discovered on the northwestern slope of the ancient city in central Türkiye and dates to the late 4th or 3rd century BC. That places it long after Hattusa’s famous role…
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3,300-Year-Old Hittite Tablets and Seals Unearthed at Oylum Mound Reveal a Lost Administrative Center
Archaeologists excavating Oylum Mound, a major mound site on Türkiye’s southern frontier near the Syrian border, have uncovered a remarkable new archive from the Late Bronze Age — four cuneiform tablets and five seal impressions dating back more than 3,300 years. The discovery confirms that Oylum Mound served as a provincial administrative hub under the…