The Luwian Studies Foundation has launched a new resource for scholars and the interested public: an interactive map and a comprehensive database of nearly 500 Bronze Age settlements in the western part of the Republic of Türkiye. The free tool, now available on the Luwian Studies website, provides detailed information on 483 settlements from the Middle and Late Bronze Age (c. 2000–1200 BCE).…

This year’s annual meeting of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) took place in Catania, Sicily, from November 13 to 15. The motto of the conference was “Skyscapes on the Sun Island” and it took place in the late Baroque monastery of San Nicolò l’Arena, which dates back to the 17th century, is one of the largest Benedictine monasteries in Europe, and a…

The Fourth International Symposium on Megalithic Monuments and Cult Practices was held in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, from October 10 to 14, 2024. The symposium is organized every four years by the Research Center for Ancient Cultures of Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean at the Southwest University Neofit Rilski under the direction of Professor Vasil Markov. The number of presentations has increased significantly over the years, and…

The Luwian Studies Foundation’s lecture series, which began last year, came to a temporary conclusion on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, with a lecture by Dr. Jeffrey Spier on “J. Paul Getty and the Construction of the Villa.” Dr. Spier, who served as curator of the Getty Villa for nearly two decades, provided insights into the history of the building, which was modeled after the Villa…

Eberhard Zangger, founder and president of Luwian Studies, received his master’s degree and two awards at Harvard University’s annual graduation ceremony yesterday. Zangger graduated with a four-year Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Extension Studies, field of Anthropology and Archaeology, and was awarded the ALM Dean’s List Certificate for Academic Achievement for his grade point average (3.97). He also won the Dean’s Prize for Outstanding…

The Turkish popular scientific journal “Arkeoloji ve Sanat” (Archaeology and Art) has published an article by Eberhard Zangger and Serdal Mutlu which is a Turkish summary of the paper “Middle and Late Bronze Age Western Asia Minor: A Status Report” published in 2022. It deals with questions such as: How was the region on the Anatolian side of the Aegean politically structured? Was it economically…

For several months now, the Luwian Studies Foundation has been organizing a monthly soirée at its premises near Zurich’s Paradeplatz, to which only five to six guests are invited. The aim is to provide sponsors and friends of the Foundation with first-hand information on current developments in the study of Luwian culture and related communication activities at exclusive events in a personal atmosphere right where…

The workshop “The Artificial Sky – Efficient Data Management in Cultural Astronomy” took place at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, November 1–3, 2023. The event was excellently organized by Susanne M. Hoffmann. Doris Vickers and Georg Zotti from Vienna assisted her. The Michael Stifel Center in Jena generously supported the event. Among the participants and speakers were such luminaries as Clive Ruggles, Hermann Hunger,…

The 30th conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) was held in Warsaw, Poland, September 6-9, 2023. “Between ancient and modern astronomy” was the main theme. The conference venue had been chosen to commemorate two important anniversaries of Nicolaus Copernicus: 550 years after his birth and 480 years after his death. For this reason, the conference participants took a full-day excursion to…

Turkish news agency Demirören reports that the world’s first “Cultural Center for Ancient Luwian Civilization” was opened by the Adana Municipality on June 21, 2023. According to the press release, the life and culture of the Luwians (ca. 2200–700 BCE), one of the oldest population groups in Asia Minor, will be researched at the center and knowledge about them will be made available for future…