Articles related to "Late Bronze Age"

A look at the fabulous exchange of wealth between Egypt and Babylonia that occurred during a diplomatic marriage in the Late Bronze Age.

In a lengthy appeal, the King of Mittanni calls upon the binding love and friendship between himself and the Pharaoh to fuel Egyptian willingness to send him gold.

During the14th Century B.C.E., as Mittani and Egypt joined in a diplomatic marriage, a vast amount of wealth, including a goddess of healing, was sent to the Pharaoh.

Although the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten had requested a Mittani princess to marry, Tushratta complains that he seems unwilling or unable to send adequate gifts of gold

Throughout the Bronze Age, the Hurrian people thrived across Northern Mesopotamia, then disappeared from history for nearly 3,000 years.

At a time when the Kingdom of the Hittites had been reduced to its heartland, Suppililiuma took the throne and forged an Empire.

During the Late Bronze Age Egypt's 18th Dynasty was at the apex of its wealth and power, but it was soon to see its authority over its vassal territories challenged.

During the reign of Amenhotep III, (ca 1390-1352 B.C.E.), at the height of Egypt's imperial power, negotiations were underway for a royal bride to be sent from Babylon.

By the end of the 15th Century B.C.E. a vibrant international community had developed across the Near East with a trade network linking Africa to Europe and Central Asia.

In the middle of the 14th century B.C.E., the King of Assyria, Ashur-uballit, (ca.1363-1328 B.C.E.), advanced his kingdom to become a Great power in the Near East.

During the middle of the 14th century B.C.E., the Mittani Kingdom is on the verge of disaster and reaches out to its old ally, Egypt, for assistance.

Ancient documents reveal how a young Hittite king tried to save his kingdom from the divine wrath invoked by his own father.

Where the Hittites an invading warrior race that conquered the Land of Hatti or where they one of the indigenous peoples of Anatolia? New research sheds some light.

How this collection of clay tablets containing the diplomatic records of the last Pharaoh's of Egypt's 18th Dynasty came to shape histories image of Bronze Age politics.

A guide to some of Oxfordshire's ancient sites, including the Uffinfton White Horse, Dragon Hill and the Neolithic long barrow Wayland's Smithy.

Most ancient civilisations kept the living and the dead separate. But houses in Ugarit were designed to accommodate both.

Archaeologists are working as fast as they can at the rapidly developing site of the 2012 London Olympics and have unearthed finds dating back to the Iron Age.

The earliest buildings were practical shelters, meant to protect human beings (and their hominid ancestors) from the dangers of the natural world.

The belief that the Hittites were an obscure tribe has evolved into an understanding that these chariot warriors were actually the chief rivals of Egypt's 18th Dynasty.

Over the centuries, the Uffington White Horse of Britain has drawn the interest of historians, tourists and archaeological preservationists.