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At #MATW2026 we've just heard #ISAWNYU doctoral student Manolis Mavromatis present a paper entitled "Materiality of Writing in Post-Hittite Syro-Anatolia: A Quantitative Analysis of Monumental Inscribed Objects": https://dmratzan.github.io/2026-nyu-lmu-materialities/papers.html#mavromatis

#ancientHistory #archaeology #Hittites #epigraphy

Abstracts

The online program for the 2026 New York University-Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 2026 workshop on the Materialities of Ancient Texts, April 30-May 1, 2026.

NYU-LMU Materialities of Ancient Texts Workshop 2026

PugJesus Apr 18

The capital of Hattusa in the Hittite Empire (now part of Turkiye), 1600 BCE

Nikolas Kozloff Mar 31

Lessons of the #BronzeAge collapse: we need to conserve #water, and rethink #supplychains for starters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkT2BPOoiw
Way ahead of you Cline: my take from 2021 here https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/visions-of-a-post-supply-chain-society-commentary/ #archaeology #hittites #inequality #greece #egypt #sustainability #drought #climate #farming #agriculture

Collapse isn't coming, it's already scheduled | Eric Cline

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PugJesus Mar 9

Hittite warriors (Central Anatolia), ~1350 BCE

Cengiz İspir 📷Jan 27

Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi & The Anatolian Civilizations Museum

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Haberciler Duvarı Ortostatı
Bazalt, Kargamış, Gaziantep, M.Ö. 900-700

Kuş başlı, insan vücutlu kanatlı figürler. Bu figürler "Kanatlı Grifon Demonlar" olarak adlandırılır. Kabartma simetrik olarak yapılmıştır. Elleri başlarının üzerindedir. Göğü taşıdıkları varsayılır.

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Orthostats of Herald's Wall
Basalt, Kargamış, Gaziantep, 900-700 BC.

Bird-headed, winged figures of human body. These figures are called as "Wing Griffin Demons". Embossing is constructed symmetrically. Their hands are on th heads. It is assumed that they carry the heavens.

#Hittites #archeology #museum

🔗 🇹🇷 https://www.kulturportali.gov.tr/turkiye/ankara/gezilecekyer/anadolu-medenyetler-muzes

🔗🇬🇧 https://turkishmuseums.com/museum/detail/1940-ankara-anatolian-civilizations-museum/1940/4

🔗🇬🇧 https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-museum-of-anatolian-civilizations-the-directorate-general-of-cultural-assets-and-museums-of-t%C3%BCrkiye/jwUx10cdrnQang?hl=en

rincevent Jan 20

Un bloc vert, presque parfait, posé au cœur du Grand Temple de Hattusa.
On le touche, on le photographie, on l’appelle “pierre à vœux”… mais son rôle exact reste un vrai casse-tête d’archéologues.

Jade ? Serpentinite ? Socle sacré ? Objet de rite ?
👉 https://2tout2rien.fr/pierre-verte-de-hattusa-hittites-turquie/

#Hattusa #Hittites #Archeologie #Turquie #Mystere #Histoire #2tout2rien