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Urartian Inscriptions

Inscription of Menuas, King of Ararat translated by A. H. Sayce.
Great Inscription of Argistis on the Rock of Van translated by A. H. Sayce.
Monolith Inscription of Argistis, King of Van translated by A. H. Sayce.


Hittite, Hurrian, Urartian History and Culture

The Hittites, The Story of a Forgotten Empire by A. H. Sayce.
   Hittites Wikipedia article. Good summary and additional, recent links.

Hittite Treaties and Literature, by David Daniel Luckenbill. Numerous references to the peoples, cities, states, and rulers of the Armenian Highlands.

Hittite Texts, at Hittites.info.

The Kingdom of Van (Urartu) by A. H. Sayce.
Vannic/Urartian Religion by A. H. Sayce.
   Urartu Wikipedia article. Good summary and additional, recent links.

Urartu in Iran, by Wolfram Kleiss at Encyclopaedia Iranica.

The Pre-history of the Armenian People, The Armenian Highlands and the Creation of the Hittite and Mitanni Empires (excerpts) by Igor M. Diakonoff.

Diakonoff, Map 2. Schematic Map of Western Asia at the Time of the Hittite Empire (ca. 1500-1200 B.C.)

The Pre-history of the Armenian People, The Hittite and the Hurrian Social Structure, The Significance of the Data on the Hittite Social Structure for the History of Armenia (excerpts) by Igor M. Diakonoff.

The Pre-history of the Armenian People, The Formation of the Armenian People (excerpts) by Igor M. Diakonoff.

Diakonoff, Map 3. Schematic Map of Western Asia at the Beginning of the 1st Millennium B.C. (9-7th Centuries B.C.).

Evidence on the Ethnic Division of the Hurrians by Igor M. Diakonoff.

Armenia, Subartu and Sumer (Chapters 4-5, pp. 82-180) by Martiros Kavoukjian. [Subarians, Hurrians, Urartians, Mythology]

The Social Background of Christian Caucasia, by Cyril Toumanoff.

Selected Writings of E. A. Wallis Budge.

Anatolia Page, at Livius.org.

Invaluable books and articles in Russian about Urartu, the Hittites, Ancient Asia Minor and the Levant at annals.xlegio.ru.

Related Wikipedia Articles:

Hurrians
Mitanni


Mythology

Hittite/Hurrian Mythology by Christopher B. Siren.
Eastern Asia Minor and the Caucasus in Ancient Mythologies (Middle Eastern Mythology section) by Robert Bedrosian.


Art History

Urartian Art, Wikimedia Commons

Writings on Urartu [History and Art History] by Boris Piotrovsky.

The Pazyryk, Its Use and Origin, by Ulrich Schurmann. Schurmann, a renowned expert on carpets, demonstrates the likelihood that a 2,500 year old rug discovered frozen in a tomb in Asia, was made in Urartu.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (N.Y.) Heilbrunn Timeline of Art Asia Minor 2000-1000 B.C.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (N.Y.) Heilbrunn Timeline of Art Asia Minor 1000 B.C.- 1 A.D.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (N.Y.) Heilbrunn Timeline of Art Asia Minor 1 A.D - 500 A.D.


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