3 Incredible Forgotten Ancient Kingdoms

Lost cities, the origins of Queen Nefertiti, and the tragic fate of the richest ancient king after Midas -- we're covering a lot of ground with these 3 forgotten ancient kingdoms.

In this video:
The Lydian Empire and the famous King Croesus ... King Croesus' meeting with the Greek lawmaker/philosopher Solon ... Cyrus the Great ... The Mitanni and their innovations in chariots ... the lost city of Washukanni ... little-known Tuwana (Tyana) and its outsized role during the Iron Age as a cultural conduit ... some amazing archaeological finds ... and much more.

Thanks for watching!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - 1. Kingdom of Lydia/Lydian Empire (circa 1200 to 546 B.C.)
03:20 - Meeting between Solon and King Croesus of Lydia
05:50 - The tragic fate of King Croesus
07:52 - 2. Mittani (1600 B.C. - c. 1260 B.C.)
11:30 - Was Queen Nefertiti from Mittani?
14:18 - 3. Tuwana/Tyana (9th/8th centuries B.C.)

SOURCES
1. Lydia and King Croesus
https://www.academia.edu/8827000/Roos...

Evans, J. A. S. “What Happened to Croesus?” The Classical Journal 74, no. 1 (1978): 34–40. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3296933.

West, Stephanie. “Croesus’ Second Reprieve and Other Tales of the Persian Court.” The Classical Quarterly 53, no. 2 (2003): 416–37. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3556212.

TURPIN, WILLIAM N. “Croesus, Xerxes, and the Denial of Death (Herodotus 1.29–34; 7.44–53).” The Classical World 107, no. 4 (2014): 535–41. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24699734.

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https://sardisexpedition.org/en/essay...

Amazing drone footage of the site of Sardis today (check it out!):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcCG...

2. Mittani
"Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife"
by Aidan Dodson
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&...

https://www.academia.edu/34159794/Klo...

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-shrink...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-...

3. Tuwana (Tyana)
https://www.kinikhoyuk.org/index.html

https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/n...

Lanaro, Anna. “A Goddess among Storm-Gods. The Stele of Tavşantepe and the Landscape Monuments of Southern Cappadocia.” Anatolian Studies 65 (2015): 79–96. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24878379.

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