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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

[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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today, the ancient city of Hattusha—the capital of the Hittite empire that ruled north-central Turkey in the late Bronze Age (1650 - 1200 BCE)—is a treasure trove of ancient languages. At the ...