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Hittitologist

A Hittitologist is an archaeologist, historian, linguist, or art historian who specialises in the study of the Ancient Hittites and their Near Eastern Empire which was based in Hattusa in modern day Anatolia.

A partial list of notable Hittite scholars includes:

  • Selim Adalı
  • Metin Alparslan
  • Trevor R. Bryce (born 1940)
  • Gary Beckman
  • Jeanny Vorys Canby
  • Philo H. J. Houwink ten Cate
  • Birgit Christiansen
  • Billie Jean Collins
  • Petra Goedegebuure
  • Albrecht Goetze (1897–1971)
  • Oliver Gurney (1911–2001)
  • Hans G. Güterbock (1908–2000)
  • Harry A. Hoffner (1934–2015)
  • Theo van den Hout
  • Bedřich Hrozný (1879–1952)
  • Alwin Kloekhorst
  • Gregory McMahon
  • Craig Melchert
  • Jared L. Miller
  • Alice Mouton
  • Andreas Schachner
  • Itamar Singer (1946–2012)
  • Edgar H. Sturtevant (1875–1952)
  • Piotr Taracha