The Centre hosts the following lecture – Professor Daniel Schwemer (Würzburg): ‘Ancient Kings, a New Language (and sometimes wheelbarrows):  a decade of field epigraphy at the Hittite capital Boğazköy-Ḫattuša’

Abstract: For over a hundred years, archaeologists have been exploring Boğazköy-Ḫattuša, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the former capital of the Hittite Empire.  The more than 30,000 clay tablets and fragments of cuneiform texts found in Boğazköy-Ḫattuša are among the most important sources for the history of Anatolia and the ancient Near East during this period. The lecture will present these cuneiform finds, and discuss significant discoveries from recent excavations.