Monday, March 3 2025

Day: April 29, 2024

Yerkapı-Tunnel-in-Hattusa

Painted hieroglyphs found in Hattusa Yerkapı tunnel opens a new page in the Hittite world

Prof. Dr. Andreas Schachner said that the painted hieroglyphs discovered in the Yerkapı tunnel in Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire, opened a new page in the Hittite world. Discovered in 2022 by Mardin Artuklu University Archaeology Department Lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bülent Genç, the painted hieroglyphs were introduced at a conference held at