4,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Letters from Anatolia Read Without Opening Their Clay Envelopes
Nearly 4,000 years ago, cuneiform letters sent through the Old Assyrian trade network in Anatolia were written on small clay tablets, wrapped in thin clay…
Kültepe
A Palace Beneath a Palace Discovered at Kültepe, Home to Anatolia’s Earliest Written Records
At Kültepe Kaniš-Karum, the site where Anatolia’s earliest written documents were first uncovered, archaeologists have made a discovery that pushes the region’s history deeper than…
Astonishing Kültepe Tablets: Some Everyday Turkish Words Date Back 4,500 Years!
Remarkable findings are emerging from the ongoing excavations at Kültepe-Kanesh-Karum, one of Turkey’s longest-running archaeological sites. Led by Prof. Fikri Kulakoğlu, the excavations of Assyrian…
The 2000-Year-Old Anisa Tablet Found in Kültepe Shows That Greek Was Spoken in Anatolia at That Time
Kültepe/Kaneš, illuminating the depths of history 20 kilometers northeast of Kayseri, hosts the oldest written documents in Anatolia. This ancient city, a lively trade center…