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Event · Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives

The Hittite capital is abandoned and its tablet archives, with the Hattic texts, are buried

Around 1200 BC Hattusa was emptied and later burned; the Hattic recitations and bilinguals survived in the ruins of its temples and palace until excavation began in 1906.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Hittite capital is abandoned and its tablet archives, with the Hattic texts, are buried [Event EVT0DEDSQ3KFRAQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDSQ3KFRAQ
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