Hattusa, capital of the Hittites, Turkiye, with reconstruction illustration

60 0

14 comments

Ariel photography in 1300bc? I'm here for it.
- Didnt know mermaids could take such good pictures
- I'm not saying it was the aliens but ...
  
  It was the titans... definitely the titans given this city layout.
Why did they build the wall along the side with the sheer cliff face I wonder
- Got to have watchtowers for those pesky rock climbing mongolian assassins. A nice smooth brick surface slows them down and slips them a bit like heavy beatles clamoring up glass. /s
  
  It's a few hundred years later, after the Hittites have disappeared, but Assurnasirpal II claims to have scaled a mountain peak "like the point of an iron dagger" to slaughter everyone inside the fortress at the top. Twice.
  
  https://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=assurnasirpal_ii
  
  Mongolians? In 1300BC? Wasn't it 2,500 years later, in like, 1200AD when they came rolling thru?
I thought it was a slice of pie.

14 comments