Close-up of the Anitta Text

You can see the what remains of the cuneiform text. For some reason, the Hittites seemed to have an obsession with this text, as multiple copies are found in their archives. It's an odd obsession, because Anitta placed a curse on the city of Hattusha, which was resettled by the Hittites within a few hundred years and transformed into their capital.

Turkish Hospitality

April 2nd 2008
I am long overdue for some kind of update, though I haven’t really traveled around anywhere, or done much earth-shattering exciting activities, or traveled anywhere really far out or interesting. What I have been doing is hanging out with people. Back on March 22nd, I visited went with a few friends to explore some of the archeology of Istanbul, housed in a museum complex. It was a huge gathe ... read more

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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