Sargon II

Sargon II

male
Sargon II was an Assyrian king. He took the throne from Shalmaneser V in 722 BC. It is not clear whether he was the son of Tiglath-Pileser III or a...

Kubaba

female
Kubaba (in the Weidner "Chronicle"), or Kug-Baba, or elsewhere as Kubau, is the name of the only queen in the Sumerian king list. "The house of...
Leonard Woolley

Leonard Woolley

male, deceased (1960)
Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April, 1880-20 February, 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is...

Shalmaneser I

male
Shalmaneser I, king of Assyria. (1274 BC – 1245 BC or 1263 BC - 1233 BC) Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as King in 1263 BC. He ca...
Hugo Winckler

Hugo Winckler

male, deceased (1913)
Hugo Winckler was a German archaeologist and historian who uncovered the capital of the Hittite Empire (Hattusa) at Boğazkale, Turkey. Winckler w...
Ekrem Akurgal

Ekrem Akurgal

male, deceased (2002)
Ekrem Akurgal. He published numerous books on ancient Greek, Hittite and other ancient civilizations of Anatolia. Akurgal received honorary...

Bedřich Hrozný

male, deceased (1952)
Bedřich Hrozný a German expedition found the archives of the Hittite kings in cuneiform, but in an unknown language. In 1917, Hrozný published a des...
Sedat Alp

Sedat Alp

male, deceased (2006)
Professor Sedat Alp was the first archaeologist in Turkey with a specialization in Hittitology, and is among the foremost names in the field. Sedat...
Emil Forrer

Emil Forrer

male, deceased (1986)
Emil Orcitirix Gustav Forrer (1894-1986) was a Swiss Assyriologist and Hittitologist.
Mario Liverani

Mario Liverani

male
Mario Liverani is Professor of Ancient Near East History at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He is a member of many institutions, such as the...