Climate change, invasions, and economic decline contributed to the collapse of Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations.

On the outskirts of Kadesh, Pharaoh Ramesses II finds himself ensnared in an ambush set by the Hittites. Through a tumultuous clash of chariots and strategic might, the Battle of Kadesh unfolds—the ...

Text engraved on the tablet was in the language of the Hurrians, who are believed to have been once powerful enough to vie for hegemony in the ancient Orient with the Hittites and the Egyptians.

Beginning with the Hittites in the Bronze Age and ending with the Lydians in the Classical period, the Anatolian peoples traded, fought, and engaged in diplomacy with each other and other notable ...