Abstract
THE remarkable development in Hittite studies, T which the circumstances of the War tended to obscure, now merits the attention of all students of history. This progress is due not so much to the results of excavations or further exploration, interesting though these be, as to the decipherment of an important section of the Hittite archives from Boghaz-Keui which opens the doors to more than one library of contemporary documents. The clue was found and established on an IndoEuropean basis, by Prof. Hrozny of Prague in the early years of the War. Since then a circle of eminent German philologists (amongst whom may be mentioned Drs. Weber, Forrer, Weidner, Figulla, Götze, as well as Profs. Friedrich, Sommer, Zimmern, and others) has placed the new study on a scientific basis by the continuous publication of texts and transcriptions no less than by philological and critical discussion. A new light plays upon Asia Minor under the Hittite kings.
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GARSTANG, J. The Progress of Hittite Studies—I1. Nature 119, 819–820 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119819a0
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