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Conclusions: Troy and the Empire of the Hittites
2004Abstract Our initial question has been answered: in the Bronze Age Hisarhk was known to the Hittites as Wilusa and the Greeks as Wilios. Moreover, in the ‘land of Wilusa’, at the end of the fifteenth century bc, the Hittites knew an area called Taruwisa or Tru(w)isa, which can scarcely be distinguished from the Greek Troia.
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Hittite empire evaluation: Markov random field (MRF)
Proceedings of the IEEE 13th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference, 2005., 2006Image processing techniques are very important in archaeological data evaluation Espericially data, closer to the surface are carrying to important knowledge and desired to be defected. We assume to process the raw data of Sivas-Altinyayla Hittite civilisation, by MRF approach.
Albora, Ali Muhittin, Uçan, Osman Nuri
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The introduction of Hurrian religion into the Hittite empire
Religion Compass, 2016Abstract The early Hittite New Kingdom was a period of great change. It was during this period that both a remarkable amount of Hurrian textual material entered into the Hittite capital and Hittite kings began having both Hittite and Hurrian names. In this paper I argue that the importation of Hurrian cultural material accompanied the
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Key Sites Of The Hittite Empire
2012This article discusses findings from excavations of key Hittite sites: Bo ğ azköy–Hattu ša, Ortaköy– Š apinuwa, Alaca Höyük, Kuşakli–Šarişşa, and Maşat Höyük–Tapikka. These sites shed light on both the characteristic features and diversity of Hittite urban forms.
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The Monumental Turn and Hieroglyphic Writing in the Hittite Empire
In this contribution, we want to revisit the “innovation of the ‘monumental’ dimension,” aiming to give an overview of the chronological development of inscribing monuments during the Hittite Empire. As a case study, we will examine inscribed and uninscribed monuments from both philological and archaeological perspective.Mirko Novák, Annick Payne
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Hartapu – Hittite afterlife following the empire
ARAMAZD: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern StudiesHistorical, epigraphical, and linguistic reasons reinforce the view of TÜRKMEN–KARAHÖYÜK 1 (followingly: TKH 1) as a genuine 12th-century BC Hartapu inscription. There is visual evidence of its overwriting during the 8th century BC, made to conceal the identity of Muršili, the father of Hartapu, eliminating his royal titles, featuring otherwise in all ...
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The Hittite Empire from Textual Evidence
2012The Hittite written legacy is unique in the ancient Near East in that it allows us to sketch the development of a major power over the course of its almost 500 years of history from a state of basic illiteracy through incipient literacy to a booming administrative apparatus which has earned it the reputation of a true bureaucracy.
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SUN GODDESS CULT OF ARINNA IN HITTITE EMPIRE
2018The cult of Sun is a system, where religious respect & loyalty is displayed for the sun, which is accepted as a sacred figure. Comparative myth analyses and ethnological studies suggest that the cult of sun, widely seen in Ancient Age civilizations, is not a worshipping of the general public unlike other cults, but rather it is the worshipping ...
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