Explore the incredible evidence of advanced ancient technology at Hattusa in Turkey, the capital of the Hittite Empire. In this video, we examine megalithic walls, precise stone fitting, core drill ...

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A previously undocumented language has been discovered at the site of Boğazköy-Hattusha, the former capital of the Hittite Empire in central Turkey. The language was found inscribed on a cuneiform ...

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve contributed to our pages. Jana Prikryl’s “Dover Calais” appears in our new Winter issue, no. 254. How ...

When literacy and empire fell away, a small Hittite elite escaped east and turned a fortified Syrian river city into a lifeboat for their traditions. This chapter follows that quiet survival into the ...

“The Moon that fell from heaven”—a story first inscribed on clay tablets in the 14th century BCE—begins with a celestial accident: the Moon tumbles to earth and encounters the workings of nature. In a ...

The capital gains tax is what you’ll owe the government for your profit on the sale of an asset such as a home or stocks. Here's what you need to know about the capital gains tax, including the rates ...

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. Naomi Harris’s translations of three Hittite poems appear in our new Fall issue ...

The Hittites established one of the earliest great empires in human history. Between 1750 BC and 1200 BC, the Hittite empire was a regional superpower in the Middle East, stretching across modern-day ...

A 3,300-year-old clay tablet unearthed in central Turkey has painted a tale of a devastating foreign invasion of the Hittite Empire during a period of internal strife and civil war. As the civil war ...