“It is not probable that the Hittite system of writing passed away without leaving its influence behind it ... There is reason to think that the curious syllabary which continued to be used in Cyprus as late as the age… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“The direction in which the characters look determines the direction in which they should be read. This alternate or boustrophedon mode of writing also characterises early Greek inscriptions, and since it was not adopted by either Phœnicians, Egyptians, or Assyrians,… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“Even the buckle, with the help of which the prehistoric Greek fastened his cloak, has been shown by a German scholar to imply an… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“There are no traces of the Hittites at Shechem or on the eastern side of the Jordan” — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“Bath-sheba was not only the mother of Solomon, but also the distant ancestress of Christ. For us, therefore, these Hittites of Judæa have a… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“Kadesh was a Hittite stronghold; nevertheless it is described as being 'in the land of the Amaur' or Amorites, and its king is depicted… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“The great Hittite stronghold on the Euphrates, which had been for so many centuries the visible sign of their power and southern conquests, became… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“Hettites appeal to us not alone because of the influence they once exercised on the fortunes of the Chosen People, not alone because a… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“As Membij took the place of Carchemish, so Emesa or Homs took the place of Kadesh.” — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“The Hittites were intruders in Syria as well as in Western Asia Minor.” — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“The Hittites and Amorites were therefore mingled together in the mountains of Palestine like the two races which ethnologists tell us go to form… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“The Hittites, in fact, must be regarded as the first teachers of the rude populations of the West. They brought to them a culture… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
“So, too, we may imagine that the sight of the hieroglyphs of Egypt, and the knowledge that thoughts could be conveyed by them, suggested… — A. H. SAYCE Copy Share Image
