| The Egyptians, Phoenicians and Hittites practised it as a special ritual in conjunction with the presentation of the dowry. |
| Among the Hittites, the Anatolian civilization in western Turkey in the second millennium bc, a grape harvesting festival took place every year. |
| The origins of these words can be traced to the Hittites, among whose historical documents is a reference to the Hayasa. |
| There is a strange letter from a Queen of Egypt of this era, probably Ankhesenamum, to the King of the Hittites. |
| The Hittites developed the caves as a nice hideout network, where they built clever doorways and traps to thwart invaders. |
| So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site. |
