Bronze Age empire. Archaeologists think the first Hittite kingdoms formed in central Anatolia — now Turkey — in about 2100 B.C. and the Hittites had become a major regional power by 1450 B.C ...

The ancient empire that civilization forgot. They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a ...

No one knows for sure what happened to the ancient Hittite Empire. For nearly 500 years, its dominion extended across much of modern Turkey and into Syria and Lebanon. Its kings dwelled in massive ...

In 2023, archaeologists unearthed a Hittite royal seal emblazoned with the haunting message "whoever breaks this will die" in the ancient city of Büklükale in Türkiye's Kırıkkale Province.

Climate change may explain mysterious collapse of ancient Hittite Empire Scientists say rings of juniper wood from 3,000 years ago show three-straight years with low growth, suggesting a prolonged ...

[1/3] An overview of the ruins of the ancient city of Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite empire located at Bogazkoy in Turkey, in this undated handout picture. Hattusa was burned and abandoned ...

The Hittites dominated Anatolia in modern-day Turkey for nearly 500 years, even rivalling the power of the Egyptian Empire for a period. They were one of several influential ancient civilisations ...

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 ...

The area being excavated is Boğazköy-Hattusha, the former capital of the Hittite Empire. The Hittites are one of the world's oldest known civilizations, with the world's oldest known Indo ...

Indeed, just adjacent to the ancient Hittite Empire were the Caucasus mountains region which still today boasts some 40 languages. The Hittite language is the world’s oldest attested Indo ...