This might be one of the biggest historical discoveries in 100s of years. (is there a list of these?). basically, there was a 4th great empire in the bronze age besides egyptians, assyrians and babylonians: the hittites (note not the biblical hittites). they built a fortress city that is without doubt a wonder of the ancient world, probably in the top 3 fortresses in the world in terms of scale and defensibility. they went on to conquer a vast empire (by bronze age standards, about the size of turkey) but disappeared in 1180 BC without a trace during the bronze age collapse, until they were rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century.

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