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From cuneiform to code: section of a Hittite cuneiform text found in Boğazköy-Hattuša in 2024 (photo and XML text). Image Credit: Daniel Schwemer / Universität Würzburg

From Ancient Scripts to Digital Insights: TLHdig 0.2 Breathes New Life into Hittite Cuneiform Tablets

27 March 2025

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša, once the capital of the Hittite Empire during the late Bronze Age (circa...

Anatolian Archeology, News

Hittite Royal Seal Warns ‘Whoever Breaks This Will Die’

7 July 2024

During the excavations in Kırıkkale, a cuneiform seal used by the royal family during the Hittite Empire was unearthed. The...

Anatolian Archeology, News

A new chapter in the Hittite world is revealed by painted hieroglyphs discovered in the Hattusa Yerkapı tunnel

30 April 2024

The painted hieroglyphs discovered in 2022 in the Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa, the capital of the Hittites, one of the...

The ancient tablet is inscribed with cuneiform text in both the Hittite and Hurrian languages. The Hittite inscription describes the outbreak of war, and the Hurrian inscription is a prayer for victory. Image credit: Kimiyoshi Matsumura, Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology

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A 3,300-year-old tablet found at Büklükale from Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities

11 March 2024

Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,300-year-old clay tablet depicting a catastrophic foreign invasion of the Hittite Empire in Büklükale, about 100...

Anatolian Archeology, News

A rare 2500-year-old saw, the first of its kind, discovered in Anatolia

28 November 2023

Archaeologists conducting excavations in Çorum, the capital of the Ancient Hittite Empire in northern Turkey, discovered a 2,250-year-old saw. Recent...

Anatolian Archeology, News

3500-year-old mysterious hieroglyphs discovered in Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa deciphered

12 October 2023

Some of the Anatolian hieroglyphs discovered last year in the Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa, the former capital of the Hittite...

Anatolian Archeology, News

Drought accelerated Hittite Empire’s collapse

9 February 2023

Researchers have offered new insight into the abrupt collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age, with an...

Anatolian Archeology, News

“Important discovery” showing that the Hittite city of Büklükale close ties with the Hurrian society

21 October 2022

According to Japanese archaeologists, an ancient clay tablet discovered at the Büklükale ruins in central Turkey suggests that a little-known...

Anatolian Archeology, News

A rare 3,300-year-old bronze helmet reaching the present from the Hittite Empire era

17 July 2022

The 3,300-year-old bronze helmet, which was unearthed during the 2002 excavations in Şapinuva, one of the important cult centers of...

Anatolian Archeology, News

The ancient city of Karkamış “House of the Seal” brings a different perspective to the Hittite-Assyrian relations with its important finds

6 May 2022

Historical artifacts discovered during excavations by Turkish and Italian teams in the ancient city of Karkamış (Carchemish) in southern Gaziantep...

From Ancient Scripts to Digital Insights: TLHdig 0.2 Breathes New Life into Hittite Cuneiform Tablets

Hittite Royal Seal Warns ‘Whoever Breaks This Will Die’

A new chapter in the Hittite world is revealed by painted hieroglyphs discovered in the Hattusa Yerkapı tunnel

A 3,300-year-old tablet found at Büklükale from Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities

A rare 2500-year-old saw, the first of its kind, discovered in Anatolia

3500-year-old mysterious hieroglyphs discovered in Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa deciphered

Drought accelerated Hittite Empire’s collapse

“Important discovery” showing that the Hittite city of Büklükale close ties with the Hurrian society

A rare 3,300-year-old bronze helmet reaching the present from the Hittite Empire era

The ancient city of Karkamış “House of the Seal” brings a different perspective to the Hittite-Assyrian relations with its important finds

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