The Hittite Civilization, SKilled Metallurgist of Ancient Anatolia
The Hittites were a Bronze Age civilization who inhabited what is now Western and Central Anatolia, in what today is Turkey. The Hittites...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Ain Dara Hittite Temple
The Ain Dara temple is an Iron Age Syro-Hittite temple, located northwest of Aleppo, Syria, and dating to between the 10th and 8th...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Neo-Hittite Inscription
Neo-Hittite inscription with Luwian hieroglyphs dating back to the 8th century BCE. It is located near Acıgöl in the Nevşehir province in...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Hittite King Barrekub
In this basalt wall relief, King Barrekub prays in front of divine symbols. The Hittitehieroglyphic inscriptions talk about the...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Hittite Basalt Stela Showing Goddess Kubaba
The upper part is a freestanding basalt monument depicting the goddess Kubaba, consort of the storm god Teshub, and one of the most...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
The Fraktin Hittite rock relief
The Fraktin Hittite rock relief dating back to the mid-13th century BCE. It is located in the district of Kayseri in Turkey. The left...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Hittite Sphinx
This basalt Hittite sphinx was placed at the entrance into the palace number three at Sam'al (modern-day Sinjerli, Gaziantep, Turkey)....
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20187 min read
Lycia - Hittites
Lycia is a mountainous region in south-west Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey). The earliest references to Lycia can...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Hittite Relief of Musicians
This basalt wall relief depicts four people playing on musical instruments. From Sam'al (modern-day Sinjerli, Gaziantep, Turkey). Late...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20186 min read
Abu Simbel - A Temple to celebrate victory over the Hittites
Abu Simbel is an ancient temple complex, originally cut into a solid rock cliff, in southern Egypt and located at the second cataract of...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20184 min read
The Hayasa-Azzi - Hittites enemies
The Hayasa-Azzi were an indigenous Bronze Age tribal confederation which flourished on the plateau of ancient Armenia and Turkey between...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20185 min read
Ugarit - Hittite Kingdom
Ugarit was an important sea port city in the Northern Levant. Though never a world power, Ugarit was a key economic center in the Ancient...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20188 min read
Sauska - The Hurrian-Hittite Goddess of fertility
Sauska (also known as Shaushka, Sausga, and Anzili) was the Hurrian-Hittite goddess of fertility, war, and healing. She was worshipped...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20185 min read
Chariot - Hittites
The chariot was a light vehicle, usually on two wheels, drawn by one or more horses, often carrying two standing persons, a driver and a...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20187 min read
The Battle of Kadesh & the Poem of Pentaur - Victory over The Hittites record
THE WORLD'S FIRST PEACE TREATY The Battle of Kadesh and the ensuing skirmishes between the Hittite and Egyptian forces led, finally, to...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20182 min read
Double Apkallu Hittite Birdmen - Ankara Musuem
Relief orthostat (stone slab at base of wall) depicting two bird-headed, winged figures and human body called "Winged Griffin Demons",...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Late Hittite Apkallu - Zincirli / S'amal
The site of Zincirli # Sam'al was occupied in the Early Bronze Age, and became part of the kingdom of Yamhad (Aleppo) early in the second...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Zincirli (Sam'al) - Hittite Excavations
Zincirli (Sam'al) Sam'al was the capital of a Neo-Hittite/Aramaen kingdom of the region from about 10th century to 7th century BCE. It...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 31, 201823 min read
Hittite Apkallu Birdman with Winged Disc
The creatures above are the apkallu and are considered as antediluvian demigods, semi-divine beings attending the Tree of Life. One of...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20186 min read
Suppiluliuma I - King of the Hittite Empire
Suppiluliuma I (1344-1322 BCE) is considered the most powerful and impressive king of the HittiteEmpire. He was the son of Tudhaliya II...
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