The Forgotten Kingdom: Archaeology and Photography in Ancient Alalakh

The Forgotten Kingdom, a compilation of photographs taken during excavations at Aççana Höyük, the ancient city of Alalah, in both the 1930s and 40s and today, offers a glimpse into the history of archaeology, photography, and the community landscape from the early twentieth century to the twenty-first century. The ancient settlement is located on the Asi River in the Amik Plain of Antakya, Turkey. The mound was a major settlement of the Middle and Late Bronze Age and the capital of the Kingdom of Mukish in the second millennium BCE.

The Forgotten Kingdom offers a comparative look at the history of archaeology, archaeological photography, and the community landscape from the early twentieth century to the twenty-first century, drawing from excavations at Atchana, ancient Alalakh, both in the 1930s-40s and today. The site is located along the main channel of the Orontes River in the Amuq Valley of Hatay, near present-day Antakya in southern Turkey. It is the largest Middle and Late Bronze Age settlement in the region and was the capital of the Kingdom of Mukish.