An ancient clay tablet found in central Turkey suggests that a little known rival ethnic group was closely involved in the establishment of the Hittite Empire more than 3,000 years ago ...
Visiting academic at the British Museum and past curator of Mesopotamia, Nigel Tallis, takes us through the story of Troy. The fame of the beautiful Helen, the deeds of the Greek and Trojan heroes ...
Second, the bravery of its soldiers. Third, the region’s delicate position between empires of West and East (Troy, being a satellite of the Hittite empire). Just how Thrace navigated this tricky ...
This tablet indicates Buklukale was such a city. The Hurrian language was spoken in kingdoms east of the Hittite Empire. The king of Hittite at the time the tablet was made is said to have married ...