Sardis occupied a strategic location and drew on the fertile agricultural land ... The city is dominated by the ancient acropolis, which rises 300 meters above the surrounding plain, “the strongest ...

An excavation at the Tell Abu Sefeh site in Egypt revealed sophisticated military fortifications from the Ptolemaic and Roman ...

will continue next season when new areas of the ancient city, untouched by previous explorers, are opened up. The excavations at Sardis are conducted by Cornell University and the Fogg Museum of ...