Hittite royal archive found in Turkey

(thehistoryblog.com)

92 points | by benbreen 5 hours ago

4 comments

  • idoubtit 3 minutes ago
    This article rephrases and shortens the original article: https://www.dailysabah.com/life/hittite-royal-archive-with-1...
  • sherr 1 hour ago
    The History Blog is a small gem because it is serious and not sensational. Always with a good level of detail for the average interested visitor, and from the original (or close by) sources. Plus pictures.
    • pluc 1 hour ago
      And they support RSS! Albeit through WordPress but nobody's perfect
      • jagged-chisel 27 minutes ago
        RSS is RSS. Does it matter to a client how it’s generated?
      • ekjhgkejhgk 45 minutes ago
        What's wrong with WordPress?
        • pluc 30 minutes ago
          How much time you got?
  • flowerthoughts 13 minutes ago
    > This year’s excavation unearthed 131 cuneiform tablets and fragments which record an epidemic of fever, military logistics, religious practices and events of royal daily life 3,400 years ago.

    Nice time machine you've got there. Not just vases and bones, but thoughts and societal complexities.

  • einpoklum 15 minutes ago
    What artifacts are we leaving which will allow people in 3400 years to get a glimpse of daily events in our lives?

    Digital information and toner/ink on paper will not last nearly that long.

    Maybe humans of this age should be curating some etching on stone or even more durable materials, to record some of our history for posterity?