NHK has learned that Japanese archaeologists excavating a site in central Turkey have found heated iron ore from a stratum dating to the Bronze Age, about 4,200 years ago.

Archaeologists are still grappling with the enigma surrounding a mysterious large green stone discovered at the Temple complex in Hattusa, the capital of the ancient Hittite Empire. Referred to as ...

Experts believe the Hittites were under attack by another neighboring kingdom and the tablet contains a prayer for victory. Yamaguchi University's Yamamoto Hajime is an expert on the Hittite kingdom.

An ancient clay tablet found in central Turkey suggests that a little known rival ethnic group was closely involved in the establishment of the Hittite Empire more than 3,000 years ago ...

Climate change, invasions, and economic decline contributed to the collapse of Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations.

This challenges the notion that the Hittite Empire used iron first, redefining the timeline of iron usage in global archaeology. CHENNAI: Iron Age could well have begun in today's Tamil Nadu ...