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Posted on 09/15/2023 10:24:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A seal impression belonging to Hattusili III was found during the excavations carried out near the village of Kayalipinar in Yildizeli district of Sivas province, located in the central Anatolia region of Türkiye.
Hattusili III, one of the most famous kings of the Hittites, took his place in history with the Battle of Kadesh and the subsequent Kadesh Peace Treaty. Not only was Hattusilis successful in his military exploits, both before and after his assumption of the kingship, he and his wife Puduhepa, instituted religious reforms within the Hittite kingdom and engaged in extensive diplomatic relations with other great powers of the time such as Egypt and Assyria...
Archaeologists have been excavating in Kayalipinar, a village in Yildizeli District in Sivas Province, since 2004. It was determined that this region, where many epigraphic findings were discovered, was one of the Hittite cities of the Imperial period...
Researchers have unearthed ancient seal impressions of King Hattusili III, his children, his wife Puduhepa, and princes, as well as clay seal prints belonging to the King's eldest son, Crown Prince Nerikaili. Archaeologists also found pieces of cuneiform tablets with inscriptions of festivals and fortune-telling texts...
Maner stated that they guessed that there was a burning shelf in the area where they found the seal impressions, and said, "During the Hittite period, they used to wrap strings around wooden tablets, and they would imprint seals on those strings. These seals have survived to the present day, but the wooden tablets turned into ashes due to the fire."
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OORT! OORT!!!
Oh, not those kind of seal impressions
The Seal Impressions Were Confirmed By Heidi Klum.
I thought Seal was a singer. He does impressions?
Absolutely fascinating read about the late Bronze Age.
If that’s his wife, I say “guilty”.
Meh, but I’m glad to see your interest in ancient history. Cline actually posted a reply to me somewhere around here onetime. :^)
There are at least a couple of YouTube vids of his presentations on this.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=eric+cline+site%3Ayoutube.com
She looks less like Babylon and more like Babylon 5.
Gotcha. It’s a slow read, what with keeping track of all the tongue-twisting names of the monarchs, LOL.
I’ve got it around here, uh, uh, somewhere.
If I fired the housekeeper, I’d be out of a part-time job. Or maybe a fulltime job...
Thanks, saving for later
do they say some of the sea peoples came from crete or northern italy?
Every time I see a headline such as the one here, “could change history,” I think “yeah, sure, like that will be allowed in my lifetime.”
Never saw the live version ‘til now. Good find, thanks!
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