Hittites

Amid excavations at four different ancient sites in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat, a cuneiform tablet has been unearthed in the U?akl? Mound at the Büyük Ta?l?k village.

For a new project begun within the scope of Museums' Week, the Bilkent Cultural Initiative (BKG), the largest museum store chain in Turkey, has brought 3-D printing technology to the Topkap? Palace Museum Store, displaying a 3-D printed reproduction of a sculpture of Hittite King Suppiluliuma for visitors. 

Works have been initiated to start archaeological excavations in the northern province of Tokat's Horoztepe mound, which has turned into a tobacco farm despite being declared a first-degree archaeological area. 

A site in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat's Sorgun district, which the ancient Hittites had used as a sculpture atelier, will be reorganized as an open-air museum by Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry.

A 2,800-year-old Hittite inscription, which is on a rock in the Bolkar Mountain in the Central Anatolian province of Niğde and claimed to be the world's oldest mining license, will be taken under protection.

The Bathonea excavations that have been continuing in the Küçükçekmece lake basin for five years fill a gap in Istanbul’s chronology by revealing traces from 2,000 B.C.

The head of the excavations, Associate Professor Şengül Aydıngün said the first years were spent on cleaning, researching, mapping and geophysical work, while diggings started as of 2011-2012.

Archaeologists have unearthed part of the 3,700-year-old city wall of Hattuşa, capital city of the ancient Hittites, in the northern province of Çorum.

A tablet found on a rock during excavations in Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite civilization in the central Anatolian province of Çorum, will be deciphered with a 3D scanning system

A monumental Roman-era structure 20 meters in width and 40 meters in length has been discovered in excavations at Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite civilization

After six years, Çorum again hosts the International Hittitology Congress. The congress, held every three years, will continue throughout the week The Ninth International Hittitology Congress, organized by Hitit University in the province of Çorum, began on Sept. 1 with 196 academics from 23 countries participating.