The Hittites lived in Anatolia some 3,500 years ago. They used clay tablets to keep records of state treaties and decrees, prayers, myths, and summoning rituals, using a language that researchers were ...

Archaeological excavations will be carried out to unearth one of the most important temples of the Hittites in Kayalipinar, a 3,800-year-old ancient city in Turkey’s central Sivas province. "There are ...

Words from a "lost" language spoken more than 3,000 years ago have been discovered on an ancient clay tablet unearthed in Turkey. Archaeologists discovered the tablet earlier this year during ...

Archaeological research in the Middle East is revealing how a long-forgotten ancient civilisation used previously undiscovered linguistics to promote multiculturalism and political stability. The ...

Ancient Cuneiform Script found in a Czech cave surprises researchers as they investigate whether it reflects lost cultural links.

A carving from the archaeological site of Hattusha. In the heart of ancient Anatolia, amidst the ruins of the once-mighty Hittite Empire, a remarkable discovery has emerged from the depths of time. A ...

Archaeologists working in the depths of Kateřinská Cave have made a series of remarkable discoveries that challenge our understanding of ancient human activity in Central Europe. Recent excavations ...

Thousands of cuneiform tablets trace their origins to the Hittites. Learn more about the Hittite Empire and what its linguistic texts reveal. The Hittites wrote, and they wrote a lot. In their home ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This is a review article on Alwin Kloekhorst, Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological ...

HATAY PROVINCE, TURKEY—Yeni Şefak reports that a tablet bearing Akkadian cuneiform texts and a 3,250-year-old seal were uncovered in southern Turkey, at the site of the Bronze Age capital of Alalakh. ...