About the book: 1962 / The book by K. V. Keram "The Narrow Gorge and the Black Mountain" is a popular essay on the history of discoveries that made The culture of one of the most powerful states of the 2nd millennium BC became known. e. — Hittite Kingdom. The author is not a Hittite specialist, and his book contains some inaccurate statements and conclusions regarding the history and culture of the Hittites. It would be inappropriate to burden the Russian edition with cumbersome footnotes. Therefore, certain parts of the book, as well as the chapter devoted to the history of the Hittites, are omitted in the Russian edition and replaced by an essay giving a general overview of the history and culture of the Hittites in the light of these cuneiform texts.