“Hittites” Exhibition in South Korea
The “Hittites” exhibition, featuring 212 artifacts brought from Türkiye, has opened at the Baekje Museum in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The exhibition showcases significant artifacts from the Hittite civilization, selected from the museums in Çorum, Boğazköy, and Alacahöyük. During the opening of the exhibition, Birol İnceciköz, the General Director of Cultural Heritage and
The 3,300-year-old Hittite Dam has been added to the World Heritage Irrigation Structures List
The Gölpınar Hittite Dam, built by the Hittites, one of the ancient civilizations of Anatolia and considered one of the oldest irrigation systems in the world, has been added to the World Heritage Irrigation Structures List by the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). The World Heritage Irrigation Structures List is organized by the
The Hittites’ famous gold-hilted iron dagger was forged from iron with extraterrestrial origins
The Hittites, the biggest player on the Anatolian civilization stage, were also a pioneering society in the processing and use of iron. The gold-hilted iron dagger found during the excavations at Alacahöyük was the best example of Hittite ironworking. The dagger is also an important discovery because it is a dagger forged from iron with