Excerpt from The Hittites These words (of the treaty made by) the great prince of Kheta with Ramses II. The great ruler (of Egypt), written on this silver tablet, these words are witnessed bya thousand gods and a thousand god desses of the land of Kheta, together with a thousand gods and a thousand goddesses of the land of Egypt to these words a (witness) is Ra, the lord of heaven, etc. (there follows a long list of Hittite divini ties and a summary mention of the Egyptian Pantheon.) Whosoever shall not observe the words that are written on this silver tablet for the land of Kheta and the land of Egypt, the thousand gods of the land of Kheta and the thousand gods of the land Of Egypt shall destroy his house, his land and his servants. But whosoever shall observe the words that are written on this silver tablet, whether he be of the Hittites or the Egyptians, if he do not forget them the thousand gods of the land of Kheta and the thousand gods of the land of Egypt shall give life and health unto him and to his house (p) as well as to his land and to his servants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.