Anatolia
This category deals with an area that is more or less identical to modern Turkey, prior to, say, Alexander the Great.
There are 566 items in Anatolia:
Sapinuwa, Building A, room |
Sapinuwa, Room B, jars |
Sapinuwa, Storage room |
Sardes
Sardes or Sardis (Greek Σάρδεις): capital of Lydia, one of the most important sites in western Turkey, one of the "seven churches" of the Revelation of John, modern Sartmustapha.Lydian Capital …Sardes - Photos
Sardes or Sardis (Greek Σάρδεις): capital of Lydia, one of the most important sites in western Turkey, one of the "seven churches" of the Revelation of John, modern Sartmustapha.Gymnasium There are 8 items in Sardes -…Sardes (547 BCE??)
Battle of Sardes (c.547??): decisive battle in the war between the Lydian king Croesus and the Persian conqueror Cyrus the Great, who defeated his opponent and captured his capital. …
The citadel of Sardes, seen from the west |
Sardes, Citadel |
Sardes, Lydian market |
Sardes, Temple of Artemis, Relief of the "Mistress of the animals". (The archer partly visible to the right must be Heracles.) |
Sardurihinilli (Çavuştepe)
Sardurihinilli: Urartian hillfort, south of Van, modern Çavuştepe. Çavustepe History Built by Kings Sardure II of Urartu (r.763-734 BCE); like most Urartian forts, it…Scamander (Karamenderes)
Scamander (Greek Σκάμανδρος): one of the rivers on the plain of Troy, modern Karamenderes Çayı. The lower river The Scamander, the modern Menderes…