After the Collapse
At some point the mentions of Hayasa disappear from the Hittite annals, suddenly and completely….
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Hayasa, or the Argument About a Name
In the second millennium BC the Hittites arrived in Anatolia. On the prevailing theory this…
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Deer and Birds at Sos Höyük
Last time we were looking at the Kura-Araxes culture of the Early Bronze Age. The…
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The Twin Minarets
I have already written about the Yakutiye, one of the two great madrasas of Erzurum….
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The Hearth That Smiles Back
You may remember that we have already met the Kura-Araxes culture, in the museum at…
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The Poem Pushkin Never Wrote
I still have a great deal to say about Erzurum and shall go on saying…
