The ancient city of Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe in Türkiye’s western Manisa province have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage ...

The ancient city of Sardis and Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe in Türkiye’s western Manisa province have been inscribed on the ...

The ancient city of Sardis and Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe in Türkiye’s western Manisa province have been inscribed on the ...

Archaeologists believe that the coins—based on their location underneath a Helensitic house—were meant to pay off mercenaries ...

The ruins of Sardis have been a rich source of knowledge about classical antiquity since the 7th century B.C., when the city was the capital of Lydia. Now, Sardis has given up another treasure in ...

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising evidence.

This type of gold coin was one distributed by the Persian Empire, likely produced at Sardis, a location about 60 miles northeast of the ancient Greek city, according to Ratté, who is also ...

A hoard of ancient Persian gold coins found in a home in west Turkey by the University of Michigan's Notion ... and hypothesized it was minted 60 miles northeast of Notion in the city of Sardis.

The ancient city of Sardis is located in Manisa Province in western Turkey, near the modern town of Sart. It lies at the foot of the Bozdağ Mountains and at the edge of the fertile plain of the Gediz ...

The ancient city of Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe, located in the western Turkish province of Manisa, have ...

MADISON, Wis. — By any measure, the ancient city of Sardis — home of the fabled King Croesus, a name synonymous with gold and vast wealth, and the city where coinage was invented — is an ...