The ancient city of Sardis and Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe in Türkiye’s western Manisa province have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Turkish culture and tourism minister said on ...

Sardis was the capital of the Lydians, a powerful Iron Age civilization (8th-6th centuries BCE) known for its wealth and early coinage production. The city had a unique urban structure with fortified ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Lydian palace dating back to the 8th century B.C. in the ancient city of Sardis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Türkiye. The site, in Manisa ...

These findings, which include the skeletal remains of two soldiers, may offer new insights into the military campaigns that shaped the region’s ancient history. The excavation team, led by Nick Cahill ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its archaeological investigation has been remarkably consistent. Since 1958, the ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...