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Grief or Statecraft: 131 Hittite Tablets Reveal a Royal Court Under Strain | Ancient Origins
A newly enlarged royal archive from Kayalıpınar in central Türkiye records a fever moving from city to city, the illness and death of a baby princess, and generals pleading with their king for horses and chariots.
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