An Animal-Figured Seal at Büklükale May Belong to an Early Hittite Tradition
A handled stamp seal with two animal figures has been found at Büklükale, the multi-layered archaeological site near the Kızılırmak River in central Türkiye. The…
Old Hittite period
Anatolia’s Earliest Indigo-Dyed Textile Discovered at Bronze Age Beycesultan
A 3,900-year-old blue textile fragment uncovered in western Türkiye has been identified as the earliest known indigo-dyed fabric in Bronze Age Anatolia. The discovery, made…
A Hittite Goddess Vessel from Eskiyapar and the Ritual of “Drinking the God”
The Hittites are often remembered for their fortified capitals, stone reliefs, and royal archives carved onto clay tablets. Yet behind their political power lay a…