Explore Ancient Anatolia

Reading of Bible, John, in Aramaic Language, (Syriac), language spoken by Jesus, after short introduction in Turkish in Mor Gabriel Monastery in Midyat, Mardin, Turkey.

Photo: Cybele, Hittite mother goddess at Anatolian Civilizations Museum at Ankara. The Hittites and Children of Heth are the second of the eleven Canaanite nations in the Hebrew Bible. They are purportedly descended from one Heth, a son of Canaan, son of Ham, and they are mentioned in Genesis as having sold land to Abraham.