Xerxes had spent years planning his invasion of Greece. It was to be his 'divine ... soldiers made camp at Sardis in Turkey, awaiting their orders. Faced with such an overwhelming force, only ...

Huge fortress walls protecting the citadel of Sardis, capital of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, have been reported by a Cornell-Harvard archeological group exploring the site. Alexander the Great ...

He set up workshops in Sardis, the capital of Lydia, to refine gold and silver from electrum. These first coins were about the size of a dime and were standardized at 10.7 grams (about one-third ...