01167nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005802800370007308200120011010000170012224500850013926000390022430000240026336500070028752005960029465000130089065000200090365000220092370000160094520251215132902.0251215b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0805203974  a: Donated by Prof. Romila Thapar  a931 CER  aCeram, C. W.  aThe Secret of the Hittitesb: The Discovery of an Ancient Empire.c/C. W. Ceram.  aLondonb : Phoenix Pressc , 1956.  axiv, 281p.c: 24cm.  b00  aThe author of the acclaimed Gods, Graves, and Scholars tells the dramatic tale of the Hittites, an Indo-European people who became a dominant power in the Middle East. Their struggle in Egypt with Ramses II for control of Syria led to one of the greatest battles of the ancient world. The fall of the Hittite empire was sudden, and historical records were scarce--until the discovery of cuneiform tablets yielded a rich store of information on which this work is based. "...a saga richly charged with dramatic twists and with enthralling accounts of scholarly detective work."--The Atlantic.  aHittites  a Ancient Empire  aHistory of Europe  aC. W. Ceram