A 3,200-year-old Mycenaean statuette found at Ayasuluk Hill, Izmir, western Turkey, June 11, 2022.AA Photo
A 3,200-year-old Mycenaean statuette found at Ayasuluk Hill, Izmir, western Turkey, June 11, 2022.AA Photo
I just finished watching the Rays, the descendants of the Popupites.
Ok, I’ll be serious. This shouldn’t be a surprise, given the Mycenean-Hittite interaction that has left evidence found throughout most of my long and unillustrious life. What would be surprising would be the discovery of a third major civilization in the NE Mediterranean that would gum up the historical record.
It’s a headless statuette of Helen Thomas.
Well, history tells us that at one time the whole of modern Turkey was ruled by the Hittites, and their influence was felt all over that area for about 500 years before their ultimate collapse.
They even made as far as Babylon when they sacked it. Now, that little excursion lasted a short time, but they were quite the power at one time.
Also, some scholars believe that Troy was one of the cities that would come under constant attacks from the Hittites in their long ongoing battles for dominance in the region. Some expect to one day find archeological evidence of weapons and the like from the Hittite campaigns.
Interesting, for a vast kingdom that everyone claimed was made up story in the Bible up to the late 19th century, they sure have realized how powerful of an empire it was. They kept Egypt at bay by fighting a stalemate with Pharaoh Ramsey II.
I never hear the critics ever admit they were wrong when archeological evidence proves the accounts in the Bible are right. Amazing ain’t it? They just keep claiming the Bible is unreliable for history
If it’s a Greek statue, what does it have to do with the Hittites? Does it have the name “Ahhiyawa” written on it? We are told that’s what the Hittites called the Greeks.
