They don’t get any more lost and forgotten than these guys. Existing in what we call Turkey, this civilization was in it’s heyday during the ninth and eighth centuries B.C. All we have to go on, are a few inscriptions, but archaeologists do know that it was a very wealthy state, with a sophisticated system of hieroglyphics that may have influenced the Greek language.

The lack of knowledge on our part, however, only lasted until 2012, when a recent discovery of a walled city was revealed, that can help us piece together the history of this kingdom.