The kingdom of Tuwana (Anatolia) has been found - Historum

**Midas** · February 10th, 2012, 10:52 AM

The ancient kingdom of Tuwana was found in Cappadocia!

Archaeology: Acropolis of forgotten kingdom uncovered - Turkey - ANSAMed.it

As they say in the article, it will be interesting to see what culture it belonged to.

**okamido** · February 10th, 2012, 12:04 PM

Awesome. I can't wait to see what else comes of this.

**unclefred** · February 10th, 2012, 01:24 PM

This may add another piece to the puzzle of the Sea Peoples.

Nikator · February 10th, 2012, 01:42 PM

Very cool, can't wait to see some of the results. How'd they figure it was Tuwana though? Or are they just going by an already known location and it being contempory?

**Midas** · February 10th, 2012, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikator

Very cool, can't wait to see some of the results. How'd they figure it was Tuwana though? Or are they just going by an already known location and it being contempory?

In 99% of the cases there is a written record like a stele that mentions the city's name. I guess they found something, in hieroglyphic Luwian maybe.

monsieurdl · February 11th, 2012, 05:52 AM

Unbelieveable!! I have to read more of this discovery and how it impacts the period. Hopefully updates will be forthcoming... hard to find out more not being in Izmir.

Caracalla · February 11th, 2012, 09:56 AM

That was interesting. Thanks.

Widdekind · February 11th, 2012, 12:20 PM

Kinik Hoyuk ... beginning of the first millennium BC ... part of the "forgotten kingdom" of Tuwana ... known until now through hieroglyphics and from several sources from the Assyrian Empire ... southern Cappadocia is important because it controlled the Cilician Gates, or the passageway between the East and the West and between Europe and Asia": essentially, "one of the most important junctions" in the world during that period and at the "centre" of which lies Kinik Koyuk. Tuwana was a small buffer state between the Phrygian kingdom and the Assyrian Empire "and this is why it was particularly rich"

Nikator · February 11th, 2012, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Midas

In 99% of the cases there is a written record like a stele that mentions the city's name. I guess they found something, in hieroglyphic Luwian maybe.

Thanks, I assumed so, just the article wasn't too clear on how they'd identified it.

Pyrrhus · February 14th, 2012, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by unclefred

This may add another piece to the puzzle of the Sea Peoples.

Does anyone have any more information on these Assyrian soruces that mention Tuwana? I would love to see a date for this kingdom and if it is close to 1200 BC it may just tell us somethign about the Sea Peoples.