Archaeology has uncovered remarkable evidence of the Hittite civilization, once thought to be only a myth mentioned in the Bible. The Hittites were a powerful ancient people who established a vast empire in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) around 1600–1200 BC. Their capital city, Hattusa, discovered near the modern town of Boğazköy, revealed impressive ruins—fortified walls, royal palaces, temples, and thousands of clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing. These discoveries proved the Hittites