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Hittite King Barrekub
In this basalt wall relief, King Barrekub prays in front of divine symbols. The Hittitehieroglyphic inscriptions talk about the...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
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Hittite Sphinx
This basalt Hittite sphinx was placed at the entrance into the palace number three at Sam'al (modern-day Sinjerli, Gaziantep, Turkey)....

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20187 min read
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Hittite Relief of Musicians
This basalt wall relief depicts four people playing on musical instruments. From Sam'al (modern-day Sinjerli, Gaziantep, Turkey). Late...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20186 min read
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The Marduk Prophecy - The Hittites
The Marduk Prophecy is an Assyrian document dating to between 713-612 BCE found in a building known as The House of the Exorcist adjacent...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20188 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20184 min read
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Adad Nirari I - The King Who conquered The Mitanni
Adad Nirari I (reigned 1307-1275 BCE) was the king of the Assyrian Empire who initiated the first major expansion of the Assyrian kingdom...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20187 min read
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Tukulti-Ninurta I - Kingdom of Mitanni
Tukulti-Ninurta I (reigned 1244-1208 BCE) was a king of the Assyrian Empire during the period known as the Middle Empire. He was the son...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 201811 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20185 min read
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Hurrians
The Hurrians (aka Hurri or Khurri) were a Bronze Age people who flourished across the Near East from the 4th millennium BCE to the 1st...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20185 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20188 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20185 min read
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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...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20187 min read
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Female worshipper torso with tufted dress
Female worshipper torso with tufted dress and braided hairstyle, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum,...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
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Clean-shaven male Worshipper torso
Bald, clean-shaven male worshipper torso, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
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Apkallu aka Winged Genie
Winged genie is the conventional term for a recurring motif in the iconography of Assyrian sculpture. Winged genies are usually bearded...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20183 min read
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