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The geography of the Hittite Empire is inferred from Hittite texts on the one hand, and from archaeological excavation on the other. Matching philology to archaeology is a difficult and ongoing task, and so far, only a handful of sites are identified with their ancient name with certainty.
Post-Hittite period statue of king Šuppiluliuma of the Luwian state of Pattin (Hatay Archaeology Museum) While different translations of laws can be seen throughout the history of the empire, [ 100 ] the Hittite outlook of law was originally founded on religion and were intended to preserve the authority of the state. [ 97 ]
Hittitology is the study of the Hittites, an ancient Anatolian people that established an empire around Hattusa in the 2nd millennium BCE. It combines aspects of the archaeology, history, philology, and art history of the Hittite civilisation.
Professor Andreas Schachner, director of archaeology at the site, commented in 2019 that he believed the stone had been used by the Hittites and all the civilizations which came after them, but why it was brought to the temple and what it was used for there remained to be discovered. [7] [8] The local inhabitants call the stone a "wish stone". [7]
Hattusa, also Hattuşa, Ḫattuša, Hattusas, or Hattusha, was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age during two distinct periods. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, (originally Boğazköy) within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River (Hittite: Marashantiya; Greek: Halys).
Archaeologists discovered a royal seal from the ancient Hittite Empire that warns of death if a contract is broken. Contracts during this time often had consequences if broken, but death as a ...
It is situated near the village of Alacahüyük in the Alaca District of Çorum Province, Turkey, northeast of Boğazkale (formerly and more familiarly Boğazköy), where the ancient capital city Hattusa of the Hittite Empire was situated. Its Hittite name is unknown: connections with Arinna, Tawiniya, and Zippalanda have all been suggested. [1 ...
The Hittite New Kingdom and its zone of influence (political and cultural) during the 14th and the 13th centuries BCE. The collapse of the Hittite New Kingdom is usually associated with the gradual decline of Eastern Mediterranean trade networks and the resulting collapse of major Late Bronze Age cities in the Levant, Anatolia and the Aegean. [15]