They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

752 B.C. (3998) Aramaic is made an official language of the Empire, alongside Akkadian. 612 B.C. (4138) The Neo-Assyrian empire collapses under an attack by Medes, Scythians and Babylonians tribes.

According to Navy officials, an F/A-18 fighter jet and a tow tractor rolled off the side of the USS Harry S. Truman into the ...