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Searching for the lost capital of Mitanni

The Mitanni Kingdom once ruled a powerful empire in the ancient Near East—but its capital has never been definitively found.
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The Mitanni were once a powerful empire in the ancient Near East—but their capital city remains a mystery. In this episode, we follow the search for the lost heart of Mitanni: where it might have ...