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Archaeologists have actually discovered a piece of cuneiform tape-recording the Treaty of Kadesh, which was signed by Egypt’s Ramesses II and the Hittite king Hattusili III around 1269 B.C.
(Image credit: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism)
Archaeologists have actually found a 3,400-year-old piece of the world’s earliest recognized peace treaty, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism has actually revealed.
The contract, referred to as the Treaty of Kadesh, was signed around 1269 B.C. by Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II and Hittite king Hattusili III. Other parts of the treaty have actually currently been discovered, however the brand-new piece was discovered throughout an excavation at Hattusha, in north-central Turkey.
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Kristina Killgrove is a personnel author at Live Science with a concentrate on archaeology and paleoanthropology news. Her short articles have actually likewise appeared in places such as Forbes, Smithsonian, and Mental Floss. Kristina holds a Ph.D. in biological sociology and an M.A. in classical archaeology from the University of North Carolina, along with a B.A. in Latin from the University of Virginia, and she was previously a university teacher and scientist. She has actually gotten awards from the Society for American Archaeology and the American Anthropological Association for her science composing.
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