Carol Ann Duffy: …well as the poetry collection The Hat (2007). She continued to produce verse for adults as well, notably issuing the collections Love Poems (2010), The Bees (2011), and Sincerity (2018), and her stage credits included retellings of the story of Casanova (2007) and of the morality play Everyman (2015).

phase: …phases of an extrasolar planet, HAT-P-7, as it orbited its star.

Pilobolus, a cosmopolitan genus of at least five species of fungi in the family Pilobolaceae (order Mucorales) that are known for their explosive spore dispersal. Pilobolus species feed saprobically on the feces of grazing animals. These fungi are diminutive, usually less than 10 mm (0.4 inch) in

Hata Tsutomu was a politician who was briefly prime minister of Japan in 1994. Hata was the son of a prosperous landowner who sat in the Diet (parliament) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the 1950s and ’60s. After graduating from Seijo University, Hata led bus tours until 1969,

Japan: The establishment of the system: …koku were distributed among the hatamoto and gokenin, the liege vassals to the bakufu. In addition, because the bakufu declared a monopoly over foreign trade and alone had the right to issue currency, it had considerably greater financial resources than did the daimyo. In military strength as well, it was…

Hadano, city, southwest-central Kanagawa ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan. It lies inland from Sagami Bay (south), with the main built-up area in a river basin in the southern part of the city. Hadano stretches northward into the Tanzawa Mountains of western Kanagawa, reaching an

Hatano Seiichi was a Japanese scholar and author of pioneering works on Christianity and Western philosophy that were widely studied in Japanese universities. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1899, Hatano became the first professor to teach the history of Western philosophy at

Howard Hawks: Final films: Hatari! (1962) was steeped in the colour of big-game trapping in Africa, with Wayne as the head of the team and Elsa Martinelli as the fearless photographer who earns his grudging admiration. In the comedy Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964), Rock Hudson played a role in…

Antalya, city and Mediterranean Sea port, southwestern Turkey. It is situated on the Gulf of Antalya. Attalia was founded as a seaport in the 2nd century bce by Attalus II Philadelphus, a king of Pergamum. It was bequeathed to the Romans by his successor, Attalus III Philometor Euergetes. St. Paul

Wilbur Olin Atwater: …his prodding, Congress passed the Hatch Act, providing funds for agricultural experiment stations in all states. He was the first director of the Office of Experiment Stations (1888–91).

Hatch Act, (Aug. 2, 1939; amended July 1940), measure enacted by the U.S. Congress, aimed at eliminating corrupt practices in national elections. It was sponsored by Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico following disclosures that Works Progress Administration officials were using their positions to win

FINCA International: …in 1985 by American economist John Hatch and began by offering small amounts of working capital to low-income women entrepreneurs in El Salvador. The organization later expanded its operations to other countries in Central America, Africa, and Asia. FINCA lends primarily to women, in part because women constitute a majority…

Orrin Hatch was an American politician who was the longest-serving Republican senator, representing Utah from 1977 to 2019. He also was president pro tempore of the Senate (2015–19). Hatch, a Mormon, earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University (1959) and a law degree from the

Orrin Hatch was an American politician who was the longest-serving Republican senator, representing Utah from 1977 to 2019. He also was president pro tempore of the Senate (2015–19). Hatch, a Mormon, earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University (1959) and a law degree from the

Richard Hatch was an American actor who starred as the handsome and stalwart Captain Apollo in the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica (1978–79) and later played the terrorist-turned-politician Tom Zarek in the 2004–09 reprise of the series. Hatch began his acting career in

Richard Hatch was an American actor who starred as the handsome and stalwart Captain Apollo in the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica (1978–79) and later played the terrorist-turned-politician Tom Zarek in the 2004–09 reprise of the series. Hatch began his acting career in

Hatshepsut, was the female king of Egypt (reigned as coregent c. 1479–73 bce and in her own right c. 1473–58 bce) who attained unprecedented power for a woman, adopting the full titles and regalia of a pharaoh. Hatshepsut, the elder daughter of the 18th-dynasty king Thutmose I and his consort

dinosaur: American hunting expeditions: … area of northeastern Wyoming, where J.B. Hatcher discovered and collected dozens of Late Cretaceous horned dinosaur remains for Marsh and for Yale College, among them the first specimens of Triceratops and Torosaurus. Marsh was aided in his work at these and other localities by the skills and efforts of many…

Gary: …many more, and in 1967 Richard G. Hatcher became one of the first African Americans to be elected mayor of a major U.S. city. Gary was the scene of a significant early-20th-century development in public education when William Wirt established the work-study-play school, popularly known as the platoon school, designed…

Superman: The modern era: The romantic action-comedy featured Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain in the title roles, and Lois and Clark’s on-screen wedding was reflected in the comics with Superman: The Wedding Album no. 1 (December 1996). The creative team behind the groundbreaking Batman: The Animated Series (1992–95) broadened DC’s animated universe with…

hatchetfish, any member of two unrelated groups of hatchet-shaped fishes—deep-sea forms of the family Sternoptychidae or freshwater fishes of the family Gasteropelecidae. Deep-sea hatchetfishes are small, shining silver fishes. They are abundant in warm and temperate regions throughout the world,

Charles Hatchett was an English manufacturer, chemist, and discoverer in 1801 of niobium, which he called columbium. Because of his expertise in analysis, Hatchett was frequently called on as a consultant. Mineral substances found in Australia (hatchettine or hatchettite) and North Carolina

animal development: Postembryonic development: …the time of birth or hatching differs in various groups of animals, and even among animals within a particular group. In sea urchins, for example, the embryo emerges soon after fertilization, in the blastula stage. Covered with cilia, the sea-urchin blastula swims in the water and proceeds with gastrulation. Frog…

hatching, technique used by draftsmen, engravers, and other artists who use mediums that do not allow blending (e.g., pen and ink) to indicate shading, modeling, and light and shade. It consists of filling in the appropriate areas with a mass of parallel lines, of varying length, the intensity of

Robert Adam: The Adam style: The first Adam interiors at Hatchlands (1758–61), Surrey, and Shardeloes (1759–61), Buckinghamshire, were still near-Palladian, but by 1761 his mature style was developing. Commissions from this time include Harewood House, Yorkshire; Croome Court, Worcestershire; Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire; Bowood House, Wiltshire; and Osterley Park, Middlesex (now in Hounslow, London).

hatchment, heraldic memorial to a deceased person. The word is a corruption of achievement, the correct term for the full armorial display of shield, helmet, crest, mantling, wreath, and such additaments as mottoes, supporters, coronets, and compartment as are appropriate. This kind of memorial

hate crime, harassment, intimidation, or physical violence that is motivated by a bias against characteristics of the victim considered integral to his social identity, such as his race, ethnicity, or religion. Some relatively broad hate-crime laws also include sexual orientation and mental or

the Pretenders: Later work: …Concrete (2008), Alone (2016), and Hate for Sale (2020)—were less successful, the band still retains a large following and remains one of the most enduring acts of the rock era. The Pretenders were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

hate speech, speech or expression that denigrates a person or persons on the basis of (alleged) membership in a social group identified by attributes such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, physical or mental disability, and others. Typical hate speech involves epithets

African American literature: Fiction: …lists with her debut novel, The Hate U Give (2017), a powerful story about a teenage girl who must navigate between the different social codes of her poor Black neighborhood and her wealthy, mostly white private school. The novel confronted timely issues such as privilege and police brutality.

Sedang language, North Bahnaric language of the Mon-Khmer family, which is itself a part of the Austroasiatic stock. Sedang is spoken by some 110,000 people living in south-central Vietnam. The Tadrah language, spoken south of Sedang in the same region, may be a dialect but is usually considered a

Quentin Tarantino: The post-Civil War western The Hateful Eight (2015) chronicles the fisticuffs and verbal barbs exchanged by a group of travelers trapped at an inn during a snowstorm.

Alice Munro: Film adaptations: …adaptations of Munro’s work include Hateship Loveship (2013), which was based on the title story of her 2001 collection, and Pedro Almodóvar’s Julieta (2016), a mystery-drama inspired by several stories in Runaway.

Alice Munro: Film adaptations: …erosions of Alzheimer disease, “The Bear Came over the Mountain,” originally published in Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001), was made into the critically acclaimed film Away from Her (2006), directed by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent with Michael Murphy and Olympia Dukakis. Other film…

Hatfield, town (parish), Welwyn Hatfield district, administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, southeast-central England. It is located on the old Great North Road north of London. Hatfield House, the home of the Cecil family, stands on the site of Bishop John Morton of Ely’s palace

Sir Cornelius Vermuyden: …I of England to drain Hatfield Chase on the Isle of Axholme, Yorkshire. Jointly financed by Dutch and English capitalists, this project was a controversial undertaking, not only for the engineering techniques used but also because it employed Dutch instead of English workmen. The fenmen, local inhabitants who hunted and…

Hatfields and McCoys: The Hatfields were headed by William Anderson (“Devil Anse”) Hatfield (1839–1921), and the McCoys by Randolph (“Rand’l”) McCoy (1839?–1921), each of whom fathered 13 children (some sources claim 16 for McCoy). The families lived on opposite sides of a border stream, the Tug Fork—the McCoys in…

Hatfield House, a large and impressive Jacobean house in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, set close to the Great North Road, in easy reach of London. The house was completed in 1611 and has been occupied ever since by members of the Cecil family—successive generations of Robert Cecil’s (chief

Kevin Costner: Open Range, Hidden Figures, and Molly’s Game: …family in the television miniseries Hatfields & McCoys (2012), for which he won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe.

Hatfields and McCoys, two American Appalachian mountaineer families who, with their kinfolk and neighbours, engaged in a legendary feud that attracted nationwide attention in the 1880s and ’90s and prompted judicial and police actions, one of which drew an appeal up to the U.S. Supreme Court

the Smiths: …and the sparkling radio-session collection Hatful of Hollow (both released in 1984), the Smiths released Meat Is Murder (1985), an uneven album ranging from the ponderous title track’s vegan rage to the poignant “Well I Wonder.” The group’s marked shift from the personal to the political, combined with Morrissey’s carefully…

Fred Zinnemann: Films of the 1950s: …was the low-budget, high-intensity drama A Hatful of Rain (1957), which starred Don Murray as a heroin addict whose pain is shared by his wife (Eva Marie Saint) and brother (Anthony Franciosa). Zinnemann then began what seemed a perfect project for a director of his sensibility—adapting Ernest Hemingway’s novel The…

Hatha Yoga, school of Yoga that stresses mastery of the body as a way of attaining a state of spiritual perfection in which the mind is withdrawn from external objects. Hatha Yoga traces its origins especially to Gorakhnath, the legendary 11th-century founder of the Kanphata Yogis, but it grew out

Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare. She was probably born at Shottery, near Stratford, the daughter of Richard Hathaway, a local landowner. She was married to Shakespeare in November 1582, when he was 18 and when she, according to the sole evidence of an inscription on her

Anne Hathaway is an American actress known for her versatility, appearing in films that ranged from fairy tales to adult-oriented dramas and comedies. Her notable movies include The Princess Diaries (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). Hathaway won an Academy Award

Anne Hathaway is an American actress known for her versatility, appearing in films that ranged from fairy tales to adult-oriented dramas and comedies. Her notable movies include The Princess Diaries (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). Hathaway won an Academy Award

Donny Hathaway was a soul music singer, composer, and keyboardist whose influential work blends elements of rhythm and blues (R&B), jazz, and gospel music and helped lay the groundwork for American soul music in the 1970s. A talented keyboardist with a smooth and expressive vocal style, Hathaway is

Henry Hathaway was an American film director who worked in a number of genres but was perhaps best known for his film noirs and westerns. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Hathaway’s father was a stage manager and his mother an actress. By the age of 10, he was

Portuguese literature: From monarchy to republic: de Melo e Castro, Ana Hatherly, Herberto Helder, and Alberto Pimenta. Hatherly created poetry that used graphic design as an element of composition. Pimenta’s theatrical works are marked by extravagant cultural and linguistic transgressions and self-conscious iconoclasm.

Hathor, in ancient Egyptian religion, goddess of the sky, of women, and of fertility and love. Hathor’s worship originated in early dynastic times (3rd millennium bce). The name Hathor means “estate of Horus” and may not be her original name. Her principal animal form was that of a cow, and she was

Hathras, city, west-central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies about 20 miles (32 km) south of Aligarh and 25 miles (40 km) east-northeast of Mathura. The city is a transportation hub and is connected by road and rail to Aligarh, Mathura, and Agra to the south. It is a trade centre for

Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare. She was probably born at Shottery, near Stratford, the daughter of Richard Hathaway, a local landowner. She was married to Shakespeare in November 1582, when he was 18 and when she, according to the sole evidence of an inscription on her

Hatia Islands, cluster of islands situated in the Meghna estuary of the Padma River (Ganges [Ganga] River) delta, southeastern Bangladesh. The largest of these, South Hatia Island, is a low-lying land mass about 23 miles (37 km) long and 4–8 miles (6.5–13 km) wide. Only partially protected by

hātif, in Arab folklore, a mysterious nocturnal voice that is sometimes prophetic. A hātif is mentioned in the Bible (Ezekiel 21:2 and 7; Amos 7:16) as a prophet’s voice, and it seems to have presaged Muhammad’s prophetic mission. It is said that the hātif can rise from within a calf sacrificed to

Easter cactus, (Hatiora gaertneri), popular spring-flowering cactus (family Cactaceae), grown for its bright red blossoms that appear about Easter time in the Northern Hemisphere. The related dwarf Easter cactus (Hatiora rosea) is a diminutive plant with abundant fragrant rose-pink flowers and is

Easter cactus: The related dwarf Easter cactus (Hatiora rosea) is a diminutive plant with abundant fragrant rose-pink flowers and is also cultivated. Both species are native to rainforests of Brazil, where they grow as epiphytes (on other plants).

Hatley Park National Historic Site: …of Vancouver Island, consisting of Hatley Castle and 565 acres (229 hectares) of grounds. Originally developed as a residence, Hatley Park was converted to educational use, and it now houses Royal Roads University.

Hatley Park National Historic Site, an estate in Colwood, outside Victoria, British Columbia, near the southern end of Vancouver Island, consisting of Hatley Castle and 565 acres (229 hectares) of grounds. Originally developed as a residence, Hatley Park was converted to educational use, and it now

Hatley Park National Historic Site, an estate in Colwood, outside Victoria, British Columbia, near the southern end of Vancouver Island, consisting of Hatley Castle and 565 acres (229 hectares) of grounds. Originally developed as a residence, Hatley Park was converted to educational use, and it now

Israel: Corruption charges and diminishing political support: …that she and her party, Hatnua, would not run. A general of the Israel Defense Forces, Benny Gantz, emerged as the strongest challenger to Netanyahu. Lapid and his Yesh Atid party joined a list with Gantz, called “Blue and White,” that included several figures from the defense establishment.

Brazilian literature: Redemocratization: …Brazilian-Arabic voice is that of Milton Hatoum, who in Relato de um certo oriente (1989; The Tree of the Seventh Heaven) presented a multitextured narrative of a Lebanese family in the Amazon.

Hatoyama Ichirō was one of Japan’s most important post-World War II prime ministers. Hatoyama was born into a wealthy cosmopolitan family; his father was a graduate of Yale University, and his mother was a well-known writer and founder of a women’s college. Entering politics, Hatoyama was elected

Hatoyama Yukio is a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan (2009–10) after his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ousted the long-ruling Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) from the government. The Hatoyama family had produced four generations of politicians, beginning with Yukio’s

hatpin, long, ornamental pin used for decoration and for fastening a woman’s hat securely to her hair. In the late Victorian era and the beginning of the 20th century, the hatpin became a popular and important clothing accessory. Hatpins were usually about 8 inches (20 cm) long and were often worn

sea urchin: Hatpin urchins, such as Centrostephanus longispinus of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, Diadema (formerly Centrechinus) setosum of the Indo-Pacific, and D. antillarum of Florida and the West Indies, have toxic spines up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) long. The slate-pencil urchin (Heterocentrotus

Hatra, ruined city located in the Al-Jazīrah region of present-day northern Iraq, 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Baghdad and 68 miles (110 km) southwest of Mosul. A religious and trading centre of the Parthian empire, it flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries bce. The city survived several

Sweden: The Age of Freedom (1718–72): …“Nightcaps” (or “Caps”) and “Hats.” Both parties were mercantilist, but the Nightcaps were the more prudent. Up to 1738 the Nightcaps were in power. They led a most careful foreign policy so as not to provoke Russia. From 1738 to 1765 power passed to the Hats, who made treaties…

Khoisan languages: Overview: Hadza (Hatsa), one of the East African Khoisan languages, is a remarkable exception to this, having retained its vitality through a pattern of stable bilingualism with Swahili, the dominant Bantu language in the area. Elsewhere many bilingual Khoisan speakers have tended to shift rapidly to…

endocrine system: Subphylum Cephalochordata: …related to a structure called Hatschek’s pit, located near the brain. Hatschek’s pit appears to be related to the neural gland and hence to the vertebrate pituitary gland. Treatment of amphioxus with GnRH or luteinizing hormone (LH) reportedly stimulates the onset of spermatogenesis in male gonads. Furthermore, extracts prepared from…

Hatshepsut, was the female king of Egypt (reigned as coregent c. 1479–73 bce and in her own right c. 1473–58 bce) who attained unprecedented power for a woman, adopting the full titles and regalia of a pharaoh. Hatshepsut, the elder daughter of the 18th-dynasty king Thutmose I and his consort

Dayr al-Baḥrī: …the terraced temple of Queen Hatshepsut (built c. 1470 bce), was uncovered (1894–96) beneath the monastery ruins and subsequently underwent partial restoration. A fuller restoration of the third terrace, sanctuary, and retaining wall was started in 1968 by a Polish archaeological mission, which also found a third temple, built by…

thermionic power converter: Development of thermionic devices: That year another American scientist, George N. Hatsopoulos, described in detail two kinds of thermionic devices. His work led to rapid advances in thermionic power conversion.

Abdülmecid I: …and the Hatt-ı Hümayun (Imperial Edict) in 1856, heralding the new era of Tanzimat (“Reorganization”).

Mohammad Hatta was a leader of the Indonesian independence movement who was prime minister (1948–50) and vice president (1950–56) of Indonesia. While he studied in the Netherlands from 1922 to 1932, he was president of the Perhimpunan Indonesia (Indonesian Union), a progressive, nationalist

keffiyeh, headdress typically made of cotton and traditionally worn by men in parts of the Middle East. The black-and-white checkered keffiyeh, which represents the Palestinian liberation movement, is also worn to convey political sentiments. The word keffiyeh means “relating to Kufa” and is a

Slovak language: …as modified and codified by Martin Hattala in his grammar of 1852, rapidly gained approval and was accepted as standard.

Edda: The Prose Edda.: …circumlocutions of the skalds, and Háttatal (“A Catalog of Metres”), giving examples of 102 metres known to Snorri—are of interest chiefly to specialists in ancient Norse and Germanic literature. The remaining section, Gylfaginning (“The Beguiling of Gylfi”), is of interest to the general reader. Cast in the form of a…

sacrifice: Propitiation and expiation: In ancient Judaism the ḥaṭṭaʾt, or “sin offering,” was an important ritual for the expiation of certain, especially unwittingly committed, defilements. The guilty laid their hands upon the head of the sacrificial animal (an unblemished bullock or goat), thereby identifying themselves with the victim, making it their representative (but…

A.J. Cronin: …to write his first novel, Hatter’s Castle (1931; filmed 1941), the story of a Scottish hatmaker obsessed with the idea of the possibility of his noble birth. This book was an immediate success in Britain.

Hatteras Abyssal Plain, submarine plain forming the floor of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. It lies east of the North American continental shelf between the southern United States and Bermuda, extending about 900 mi (1,450 km) from north to south, with an average width of 300 mi. The plain

Cape Hatteras National Seashore: …coastal area situated on Bodie, Hatteras, and Ocracoke islands along the Outer Banks, eastern North Carolina, U.S. The park, the country’s first national seashore, was authorized in 1937 and established in 1953. It has a total area of 47 square miles (122 square km). The three narrow barrier islands lie…

Cape Hatteras, long, narrow, curved sandbar forming a promontory on Hatteras Island, the southeasternmost point of the Outer Banks, North Carolina, U.S. Treacherous shallows to the southeast in the Atlantic Ocean long have been a danger to navigation. Much of the cape’s area is included in Cape

Boğazköy: The ancient city: …the language of the early inhabitants of the “Land of Hatti,” a language still little understood and not belonging to any known family. Scholars call it Hattian to distinguish it from Hittite, the name of the Indo-European official language of the Hittite kingdom. Just as in other parts of the…

Hattian language, non-Indo-European language of ancient Anatolia. The Hattian language appears as hattili ‘in Hattian’ in Hittite cuneiform texts. Called Proto-Hittite by some, Hattian was the language of the linguistic substratum inside the Halys River (now called the Kızıl River) bend and in

Anatolian religion: Religions of the Hittites, Hattians, and Hurrians: The Hattians, whose language appears to have become extinct, were most probably the earliest inhabitants of the kingdom of Hatti itself.

Hattian language, non-Indo-European language of ancient Anatolia. The Hattian language appears as hattili ‘in Hattian’ in Hittite cuneiform texts. Called Proto-Hittite by some, Hattian was the language of the linguistic substratum inside the Halys River (now called the Kızıl River) bend and in

Hattiesburg, city, seat (1908) of Forrest county, southeastern Mississippi, U.S., on the Leaf and Bouie rivers, 70 miles (113 km) north of Gulfport. The city, in a longleaf-pine forest area, was founded in 1882 by Captain William H. Hardy, lumberman and engineer, who named it for his wife (it was

Battle of Ḥaṭṭīn, (July 4, 1187), battle in northern Palestine that marked the defeat and annihilation of the Christian Crusader armies of Guy de Lusignan, king of Jerusalem (reigned 1186–92), by the Muslim forces of Saladin. It paved the way for the Muslim reconquest of the city of Jerusalem

Anatolia: The neo-Hittite states from c. 1180 to 700 bce: King Tutammu of Patina, who had been strategically safe as long as Arpad had not been conquered, also was defeated and his land turned into an Assyrian province. In 738 Samal, Milid, Kaska, Tabal, and Tuwanuwa (classical Tyana) came to terms with the Assyrian king. The Assyrian influence…

Hatto I was the archbishop of Mainz and counsellor to the German king Arnulf of Bavaria, the last East Frankish Carolingian emperor; as regent for Arnulf’s son Louis the Child (900–911), he governed the German kingdom for the last member of the East Frankish Carolingian dynasty. Hatto was elected

Triple Crown: …part through the writings of Charles Hatton, a columnist for the Daily Racing Form. He frequently used the term triple crown in reference to the three races in the 1930s, and as the term caught on, more and more owners and trainers began to prepare specifically for these contests. By…

John Liptrot Hatton was a composer of light music, operas, and songs, popular in England in the 19th century. An accomplished singer and pianist as well as a theatre composer and conductor, he produced operettas and operas at Drury Lane Theatre and Covent Garden and was the musical director at the

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.: …knockout against Britain’s previously undefeated Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas. The bout attracted another capacity crowd and, together with his victory over De La Hoya, earned Mayweather Ring magazine’s Fighter of the Year award for that year.

Sir Christopher Hatton was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and lord chancellor of England from 1587 to 1591. After spending several years in halfhearted study of the law, Hatton enrolled as one of the queen’s bodyguards in 1564. Handsome and accomplished, he impressed the queen with his talent for

Boğazköy, village, north-central Turkey. Located 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Yozgat, it is the site of the archaeological remains of Hattusas (Hattusa, Hattusha, or Khattusas), the ancient capital of the Hittites, who established a powerful empire in Anatolia and northern Syria in the 2nd

Boğazköy, village, north-central Turkey. Located 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Yozgat, it is the site of the archaeological remains of Hattusas (Hattusa, Hattusha, or Khattusas), the ancient capital of the Hittites, who established a powerful empire in Anatolia and northern Syria in the 2nd

Boğazköy, village, north-central Turkey. Located 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Yozgat, it is the site of the archaeological remains of Hattusas (Hattusa, Hattusha, or Khattusas), the ancient capital of the Hittites, who established a powerful empire in Anatolia and northern Syria in the 2nd

Hattusilis I, (reigned c. 1650–c. 1620 bc), early king of the Hittite Old Kingdom in Anatolia. The son of the preceding king, Labarnas I, Hattusilis was also at first called Labarnas but apparently assumed his new name after he transferred his capital from Kussara to Hattusa. Unlike Labarnas I, who

Hattusilis III was a Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1286–c. 1265 bc); he came to power by overthrowing his nephew Urhi-Teshub (Mursilis III). The events of Hattusilis’ accession are known from his autobiography, a remarkable document designed to justify the new king’s actions. The

Judaism: Ceremonies marking the individual life cycles: Marriage (ḥatuna, also qiddushin, “sanctifications”) involves a double ceremony, performed together in modern times but separated in ancient times by one year. First is the betrothal (erusin), which includes the reading of the marriage contract (ketubah, or ketubba) and the giving of the ring with a…