The discovery of a 3,500-year-old cobblestone, considered the ancestor of Mediterranean mosaics and resting in the remains of a lost city in central Turkey, sharpens knowledge about the daily life of the still mysterious Hittites from the Bronze Age. Archaeologists work on the remains of a Hittite
Tiny algae and bacteria have helped provide a nutritious safety net for bottom-dwelling creatures. Along with the dinosaurs many marine species became extinct. DEVASTATION . The impact of a huge asteroid 65 million years ago caused the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and with them almost 50% of
Zippalanda It was one of the main administrative and religious centers of the Hittites , an empire that during the 17th to 12th centuries B.C. brought together different city-states of Anatolia rivaling Babylon and Egypt thanks to its military technology and diplomatic skill. It was not until the l
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of the Dr. Larissa Bonfante , professor emeritus at New York University, on August 23, 2019. Larissa Bonfante was a true eminence in the field of Etruscology and the classical world, disciplines to whose study she devoted most of her life. She was