Hellenistic
There are 1575 items in Hellenistic:
Salamis (Cyprus)
Salamis (Greek Σαλαμίς): port on eastern Cyprus, just north of modern Famagusta. Personification of Salamis (with a mural crown) Salamis is, essentially,…
Salamis, Personification of the city |
Salamis, Royal Tomb 77, Clay portrait |
Samarkand, Archaeological Museum of Afrosiab
Situated on the edge of the Afrosiab excavations in Samarkand (ancient Maracanda), this museum has archaeological finds documenting Prehistory, the Sogdian age, the Hellenistic period, the Kushans, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism, and (on the second floor) the Middle Ages. The room…Samus of Armenia
Samus (Greek:Σάμος): Orontid king in Armenia (r. c.260 BCE)King Samus, who ruled (part of) Armenia, is known from the inscriptions, found on Nemrud Dagi, in which king Antiochus I Theos of Commagene mentions his ancestors. He must be dated in the…Saqqara
Saqqara: southern cemetery of Memphis, capital of ancient Egypt.Saqqara Pyramid of Djoser Named after a local deity, Sokar, who would become associated with…
Saqqara, Court of the Philosophers |
Sarcophagus of Nesshutefnut |
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 -…
Satala, Head of the goddess Anahita, shown as Aphrodite |
Scythopolis (Beth Shean)
Beth Shean (Hebrew בֵּית שְׁאָן): Bronze Age, Iron Age, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine city in Galilee. In Greek, it was called Scythopolis (Σκυθόπολις).Bronze Age …