December 11, 2024 The sun rises from Anatolia

27 cuneiform tablets providing information about the sacred Hittite city of Nerik have been discovered at Oymaağaç Mound

October 23, 2024

October 23, 2024

27 cuneiform tablets providing information about Nerik, the sacred city dedicated to the Hittites’ chief god Tešup, have been discovered...

Surprising discovery in the ‘holy water’ of the Hittites

July 29, 2024

July 29, 2024

Ongoing archaeological excavations in the sacred Hittite city of Nerik (today’s Oymaağaç Mound) are revealing surprising discoveries. With a 3500-year...

The arrival of spring in the Hittites was celebrated with the Purilli Festival

March 20, 2024

March 20, 2024

Spring is a season of abundance, fertility, and the beginning of new lives for humans, and it is a season...

3000-year-old wooden were discovered underwater in the sacred city of Nerik, the Hittites’ holy city

September 1, 2023

September 1, 2023

In ongoing archaeological excavations at Oymaağaç Mound, formerly known as Nerik, an important religious and cultural center for the Hittite...

The remnants of the Iron Age are being searched for in Nerik, the sacred city of the Hittites

August 29, 2023

August 29, 2023

In Nerik, an important religious city of the Hittite Empire, remains from the Iron Age are being searched for. Nerik...