The work of eminent specialists in each language, these volumes draw from the oldest sources and the most recent research—English readers will never get closer to the original texts and their meaning. Dive into the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Samaria, Babylon, Assyria, Israel, and more.

Twenty-six texts found in the Hittite capital of Hattusa dating from the fifteenth through the thirteenth century BC contain references to a land known as “Ahhiyawa,” which most scholars now identify with the Late Bronze Age Mycenaean world. The subject of continuing study and controversy since they were first published in 1924, the letters are still at the center of Mycenaean-Hittite studies, and are now considered in studies and courses concerned with Troy, the Trojan War, and the role of both...

Twenty-six texts found in the Hittite capital of Hattusa dating from the fifteenth through the thirteenth century BC contain references to a land known as “Ahhiyawa,” which most scholars now identify with the Late Bronze Age Mycenaean world. The subject of continuing study and controversy since they were first published in 1924, the letters are still at the center of Mycenaean-Hittite studies, and are now considered in studies and courses concerned with Troy, the Trojan War, and the role of both...