Tag: Hittites

Middle and Late Bronze Age Cultural Settlements: Great Map & Article

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From BAR Mapping Troy’s Luwian Context In a paper published in the journal Nature Scientific Data, an international team from the Luwian Studies Foundation provided the most up-to-date map of Middle and Late Bronze Age (c. 2000–1200 BCE) Luwian settlements ever catalogued, which includes ancient Troy. The study, comprising 483 settlements, illuminates the cultural landscape around […]

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Who were the Hittites?

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Here is a summary of the article “The Hittites: Between Tradition and History” from Biblical Archaeology Review (42.2, 2016). Below that is a Chronology as contained in that article. Biblical References and Context Archaeological and Historical Overview Political and Military History Collapse and Neo-Hittites Hittites in Biblical Narratives Religion and Culture Conclusion This article blends […]

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