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

Five culturally and historically significant sites on the African continent have made the list. They include Maputo National Park in Mozambique and the Gola-Tiwai Complex in Sierra Leone, two ...

Lydian Sardis was conquered by the Persians in 547 BC, and became the seat of one of the most important satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire. Alexander the Great captured the city in 330 BC, and ...

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

We have returned to Sardis to find new areas for the building of history. It has been undertaken in the interests of scholarship alone." Sardis was a vital area in the ancient world.

One of the greatest cultural strains that influenced Western civilization flowed through Lydia in Asia Minor, for many centuries an industrial and financial center. Many historians believe that ...

Chasing the Lydian Hoard. Author Sharon Waxman digs into the tangle over looted artifacts between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Turkish government ...

The synagogue of Sardis, ... Other important discoveries were made among the shops of the bazaar which flourished at the time of Croesus, the Lydian king during the sixth century before Christ.