Hittite royal archive found in Turkey
The gist
Turkey announced 184 Hittite cuneiform tablets found at Kayalıpınar, Sivas.
The 3,400-year-old royal archive records plague, war and a royal family's daily life.
How it unfolded
- 202553 cuneiform tablets and fragments were found at Kayalıpınar, Sivas, believed to belong to the royal archive.
- 2026During the 2026 season, 131 more tablets and fragments dating to the reign of King Tudhaliya II were unearthed, bringing the total to 184.
- Oct 8, 2026Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced the discovery on social media, calling it the most extensive Hittite-language archive found in the 21st century.