Anatolia’s Oldest Known Glass Bottle Reveals a Mystery From the Hittite World
More than 3,600 years ago, someone in Central Anatolia handled an object that would have been extraordinary even by the standards of the Bronze Age:…
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New Fragment of the Kadesh Peace Treaty Discovered at Hattusa
A newly identified cuneiform tablet fragment from Hattusa belongs to the Kadesh Peace Treaty, the agreement that established peace between the Hittite and Egyptian empires…
Ancient Hittite Text Reveals a 3,600-Year-Old Royal Power Struggle and a Woman Called the ‘Serpent’
An ancient Hittite text preserves the story of a royal power struggle that unfolded around 3,600 years ago, when a king rejected his intended successor…
A 3,200-Year-Old Hittite Tablet Preserved a Language No One Knew Existe
A Hittite scribe working more than 3,000 years ago copied a ritual that included words from a language other than Hittite. Those few lines remain…
3,500-Year-Old Luwian Seal Names a Bronze Age Official at Türkmen Karahöyük
A stone seal discovered at Türkmen Karahöyük in central Türkiye preserves the name and title of an official called Kurunti-ziti, offering new evidence for an…
A 3,700-Year-Old Smile from Ancient Carchemish Is Going on Display in Türkiye
Long before digital emojis, someone in Bronze Age Carchemish painted a simple smiling face on a clay flask. Nearly 3,700 years later, that small object…
3,500-Year-Old Hittite Storm God Figurine Found by Chance Goes on Display for the First Time
A chance discovery in central Turkey has brought an extraordinary piece of Bronze Age craftsmanship into public view. A 3,500-year-old Hittite storm god figurine, measuring…
First Tangible Evidence of the Kaska—Hittites’ Implacable Foe—Emerges at Oymaağaç Höyük
This season at Oymaağaç Höyük (Samsun/Vezirköprü) pushes the story beyond the Hittites’ sacred city of Nerik: Middle Bronze–Iron Age finds consolidate Nerik’s identity and surface…
Rare 3,500-Year-Old Hittite Sword Now on Display at Kastamonu Museum in Turkey
A rare bronze sword dating back 3,500 years to the Hittite civilization is now on public display at Kastamonu Museum in northern Turkey. The artifact…