For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo–European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...

Archaeologists believe they will soon solve the mystery regarding the ancient Greek city of Hadrianopolis which was suddenly abandoned.

T he peoples of ancient Anatolia developed several cultures that, although interconnected, were also distinct in several ways. Beginning with the Hittites in the Bronze Age and ending with the ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...

Is there any basis for the idea that the Etruscans were descendants of the Trojans. Does the literary evidence really support ...

Gordion was the capital of ancient Phrygia, an Iron Age kingdom of Anatolia, said to have been ruled by the legendary King ...

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From the beginning of Western history until the Middle Ages, the main weaving tool was this type of loom. Loom weights have been found in Catal Huyuk, an ancient city in Anatolia that dates to 7000 ...

Archaeologists hope to find out how Anatolia, the central base of the Hittites, was influenced by surrounding areas and how different ethnic groups and cultures rose and fell in the ancient Orient.