Çiğdem Maner

Associate professor of archaeology and history of art, Koç University

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Hittite royal archive found in central Turkey

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Leads the Kayalıpınar excavation since 2021

Archaeologists at Kayalıpınar in central Turkey have uncovered a Hittite royal archive of 184 cuneiform tablets, preserved for about 3,400 years. The tablets date to the reign of King Tudhaliya II in the mid-14th century BC.

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