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Archaeologists Found Records of an Epidemic That Claimed a Hittite Princess on a 3,400-Year-Old Clay Tablet
Archaeologists at the Kayalıpınar mound in Sivas, Turkey, have unearthed a royal archive that reveals far more than the usual machinery of Hittite power. The 131 tablets and fragments recovered during the 2026 season bring the total collection to 184 pieces. Together they record a high-fever epidemic that moved from city to city, the illness…