Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the largest known monument from the Hittite civilization—an empire that once ruled ...

Archaeologists involved in documenting the site described the volcanic rock surfaces as "among the earliest canvases of the human imagination," noting that every carved line—whether depicting animals, ...

The archaeological site of Hattusha, former capital of the Hittite Empire, is notable for its urban organization, the types of construction that have been preserved (temples, royal residences, ...

In the shadows of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, Queen Ankhesenamun refused to remarry her husband’s vizier. A Hittite prince died on ...

During the second millennium B.C., the Hittite kings relied on their control of staple crops to maintain their expanding empire in central Anatolia, where rainfall was unpredictable. At ...

A view of a 72-foot-long tunnel that descends 26 feet below the surface at the Late Bronze Age site of Nerik in what was Anatolia’s Hittite Empire. At its end, the tunnel reaches a water source ...